Fighting Cancer as a Community

Nadine Barrett, Ph.D., director of the Office of Health Equity and Disparities at the Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the importance of creating meaningful community partnerships that can improve health outcomes.

Nadine Barrett, Ph.D., director of the Office of Health Equity and Disparities at the Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the importance of creating meaningful community partnerships that can improve health outcomes.

At the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of Community Cancer Centers during Barrett's presentation, Come Together: A Health Disparities & Equity Cancer Program Built on Community Collaboration, Barrett emphasized this point, outlining the benefits of reaching out to community members, patients with cancer and their caregivers.