CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS

描述：(改编自申请者的摘要)此合作 研究提出了一系列广泛的癌症控制干预措施 预防癌症的发生，加强筛查，及早 检测，增加临床试验的机会，提高依从性 治疗，并确定与癌症相关的社会经济风险 少数群体。这套协调一致的研究活动是 可能是由德鲁大学三个癌症中心组成的财团 加州大学洛杉矶分校医学与科学学院 洛杉矶、南加州大学和洛杉矶县 公共卫生部门。所有活动都将聚焦于低收入人群， 洛杉矶南部、中部和东部主要是黑人和拉丁裔人口。 这些研究将与有针对性的公共教育相联系 和信息努力以及初级和二级预防 活动将以教会为基础并制度化。将会有 通过知识、态度和知识的变化来评估有效性 行为，根据筛查的人的百分比的变化 NCI指南，以及胆固醇的变化。临床试验将 在马丁·路德·金/德鲁医院开始，他们将 在洛杉矶县/南加州大学医院增加，因此显著 增加少数民族患者的入学人数。关于遵守的研究 化疗将在洛杉矶县/南加州大学医院进行。 这项社会经济研究将基于癌症监测组织的数据 程序。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from the applicant's abstract)This collaborative study proposes a broad spectrum of cancer control interventions intended to prevent the occurrence of cancer, enhance screening and early detection, increase access to clinical trials, improve adherence to treatment, and determine the socioeconomic risks associated with cancer in minority groups. This coordinated set of research activities is made possible by a consortium of the three cancer centers at Drew University School of Medicine and Science, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County department of Public Health. All activities will focus on a low income, largely Black and Latino population in South Central and East Los Angeles. The studies are to be associated with a targeted public education and information effort and the primary and secondary prevention activities are to be church-based and institutionalized. There will be an assessment of effectiveness by changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, by changes in the percentage of persons screened in accordance with NCI guidelines, and changes in cholesterol. Clinical trials will be started at the Martin Luther King/Drew Hospital and they will be increased at the Los Angeles County/USC Hospital, thereby significantly increasing the enrollment of minority patients. The study of adherence to chemotherapy will be conducted at the Los Angeles County/USC Hospital. The socioeconomic study will be based on data from the Cancer Surveillance Program.