MARKETING CANCER RESEARCH TO LATIN AMERICANS

华盛顿医院中心的华盛顿癌症研究所（WCI）与为大华盛顿特区大都市区拉丁美洲人服务的五个社区诊所、伦巴第综合癌症中心（LCC）以及乔治城大学商学院、医学院和护理学院合作，共同成立了拉丁美洲癌症研究联盟（LACRC）。LACRC将与美国癌症协会中大西洋分部、约翰霍普金斯大学地区NCI癌症信息服务办公室、迈阿密大学西班牙语CIS支持线和马修斯媒体集团合作，促进：1)癌症预防和控制意识和行为改变，以及2)在大华盛顿地区快速增长和独特的中南美洲新移民人口中参与癌症临床试验。该中心还将促进合作，促进拉丁美洲社区参与由研究人员发起的新的癌症预防和控制研究项目。拉丁美洲癌症中心的总体目标是，将文化上适宜的社会营销方法与以初级保健诊所为基础的干预相结合，以促进拉丁美洲人的健康和预防癌症，加强这些营销方法，并将癌症预防和控制纳入这些极其繁忙的诊所的日常业务中。LACRC联盟建议实现以下目标：1.1建立LACRC基础设施，建立伙伴关系，提高癌症控制意识。1.2为GU学生、NCI研究员和诊所合作伙伴提供健康促进培训机会。1.3在LACRC计划和实施合作发展研究项目。1.4合作开发和提交LACRC的研究资助申请。联盟成员强有力的伙伴关系、社区联系和研究记录将为支持这些活动提供独特的基础设施。这些举措有可能降低大华盛顿特区大都市区拉丁美洲人的癌症发病率和死亡率。

The Washington Cancer Institute (WCI) of the Washington Hospital Center, in collaboration with five community clinics serving Latin Americans in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCC), and the Schools of Business, Medicine and Nursing of Georgetown University, have come together to form the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC). The LACRC will work with the Mid- Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society, the regional NCI Cancer Information Service Office at Johns Hopkins University and the Spanish- Language CIS support line at the University of Miami, and Matthews Media Group to promote: l) cancer prevention and control awareness and behavior change, and 2) participation in cancer clinical trials among the rapidly growing and unique Central and South American recent immigrant population of the greater Washington D.C. region. The LACRC will also foster collaboration and Latin American community participation in new investigator-initiated cancer prevention and control research projects. The overall goal of the LACRC is to pair culturally appropriate social marketing approaches to promote health and prevent cancer among Latin Americans, with primary care clinic-based interventions that reinforce these marketing approaches and integrate cancer prevention and control into the every day operations of these extremely busy clinics. The LACRC coalition proposes to accomplish the following objectives: 1.1 Build the LACRC infrastructure, establish partnerships and promote cancer control awareness. 1.2 Build Health Promotion Training Opportunities for GU Students, NCI Fellows and Clinic Partners. 1.3 Plan and Implement Collaborative Developmental Research Projects in the LACRC. 1.4 Collaboratively Develop and Submit Research Grant Applications from the LACRC. The strong partnerships, community links, and research track record of the coalition members will provide a unique infrastructure to support these activities. Such initiatives have the potential to decrease cancer morbidity and mortality among Latin Americans in the greater Washington DC metropolitan region.