ComPASS Community-Led Health Equity Coalition
What Is CCHLE?
In September 2023, ACC, received an overall anticipated award of $6 million over 5 years starting on 9.29.2023 to 9.28.2028.
Funding is from the NIH Common Fund through its Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program.
ComPASS is NIH’s investment directly in community-based organizations working in partnership with research organizations to intervene upon structural factors that produce and perpetuate health disparities.
Access to lung, breast, and colorectal cancer screening is low in the rural Arkansas Delta region, resulting in disproportionate cancer mortality and low life expectancy. ACC’s Community-led Health Equity Team (CCLHE) will investigate how a multisectoral coalition process can lead to sustainable interventions that reduce transportation inequities in the built and social environment and increase the demand for cancer screening as critical solutions to reducing cancer disparities in St. Francis County.
We expect that increasing access to cancer screening by addressing transportation inequities, along with increasing screening demand, will result in higher rates of lung, breast, and colorectal cancer screening, and timely follow-up following an abnormal finding.
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) plays a crucial role in guiding the research study on socio-structural determinants of health disparities and cancer screening in rural Arkansas. The SAB will meet three times a year to provide expert advice, review progress, and ensure the project aligns with its goals.
Advisory Board Members
Dina Jones, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Linda Alexander, Ed. D, Academic Officer, Association of Schools of Public Health
Ruofei Du, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
QuTina Watson, Ed. D, Instructor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Shanti Parikh, PhD, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Pete DelNero, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
For further questions, contact ACC at 501-404-2363.