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Table 3 Key recommendations to promote capacity for regional, rural comprehensive cancer control across the habits

From: Advancing engagement and capacity for rural cancer control: a mixed-methods case study of a Community-Academic Advisory Board in the Appalachia region of Southwest Virginia

Recommendations

Associated Habits

Time 2% (of 37)

Time 3% (of 28)

Effective communi-cation

Priority work plans

Clear roles/ account-ability

Shared decision making

Value-added collaboration

Empowering leadership

Diversified funding

1. Use clear communication strategies to foster clarity and unified understanding within the CAB

✓

 

✓

✓

  

✓

65%

75%

2. Improve external communication strategies to promote CAB efforts

✓

      

43%

64%

3. Strategically recruit new members for mission enhancement

    

✓

✓

 

38%

32%

4. Seek diverse funding to sustain CAB operations/work plan projects

      

✓

35%

39%

5. Promote an open, equitable space for multiple perspectives

  

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

33%

25%

6. Develop formal processes to support CAB sustainability (e.g., funding capacity, accountability structures, collaborative action planning)

 

✓

✓

 

✓

 

✓

24%

29%

7. Expand pathways for members to obtain leadership roles and/or positions

  

✓

  

✓

 

14%

25%

8. Enhance perceptions of ownership in CAB efforts by CAB members and their respective organizations

  

✓

 

✓

  

11%

29%

9. Identify, secure, and leverage existing and needed CAB resources

✓

 

✓

 

✓

✓

 

11%

18%