Minority Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program

描述（由申请人提供）：申请人的论文研究将在与癌症预防和控制中的种族/民族健康差异相关的主题上进行。哈德逊女士对这个话题的兴趣源于她希望帮助减少和/或消除美国有色人种之间存在的差距。她的工作经验为非裔美国人通过教会（ACS）的健康项目协调员，并作为两个NC改善饮食，运动和筛查（NCI）和健康传播和癌症控制合作研究（NCI）的战略研究助理为她提供了在开发文化上适当的健康教育材料，计划实施和评估策略的重要经验。这一背景有助于磨练她的研究重点围绕癌症预防问题，特别是癌症传播方法。社会支持/外行健康顾问的方法，量身定制的打印通信，和量身定制的电话咨询是感兴趣的申请人的策略。由于她还没有开始她的博士课程的第一年，她的导师建议她进一步探索感兴趣的研究领域，然后再为她的论文选择一个特定的主题。为此，她已开始审查关于癌症沟通战略的文献，以上述方法为重点，关注非裔美国人的健康差异。此外，她正在探索在大学和附近机构提供的研究机会。哈德逊女士计划在博士课程的第二年选择一个特定的论文主题并制定她的研究计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The applicant's dissertation research will be conducted on a topic related to racial/ethnic health disparities in cancer prevention and control. Ms. Hudson's interest in this topic stems from her desire to help in the effort to reduce and/or eliminate the gap that exists for U.S. populations of color. Her work experience as project coordinator for the Wellness for African Americans through Churches (ACS) and as a research assistant for both the NC Strategies for Improving Diet, Exercise, and Screening (NCI) and Health Communications and Cancer Control collaborative study (NCI) has provided her with significant experience in developing culturally appropriate health education materials, program implementation, and evaluation strategies. This background has served to hone her research focus around cancer prevention issues, specifically cancer communication methodologies. Social support/lay health advisor approach, tailored print communication, and tailored telephone counseling are strategies that interest the applicant. Since she has not begun her first year of the doctoral program, her advisor has recommended that she further explore research areas of interest before selecting a specific topic for her dissertation. To this end, she has begun to review the literature on cancer communication strategies for the approaches listed above with a focus on health disparities among African Americans. Additionally, she is exploring research opportunities available at the University and nearby institutions. Ms. Hudson plans to select a specific dissertation topic and develop her research proposal during the second year in the doctoral program.