PACIFIC ISLANDER CANCER CONTROL NETWORK

加州大学欧文分校的两个中心(赵氏家庭综合癌症中心和卫生政策和研究中心)与国家萨摩亚事务办公室(NOSA)和八个社区组织合作，提议建立太平洋岛民癌症控制网络(PICCN)，该网络将提高癌症意识，增加临床试验的招募，并增加美国美属萨摩亚人、夏威夷原住民、汤根人和喜莫拉/瓜马尼亚人中癌症控制研究人员的数量。这些以社区为基础的组织位于加利福尼亚州、华盛顿州、犹他州、夏威夷、美属萨摩亚和关岛，这些州和地区是绝大多数太平洋岛民的居住地。一个由社区组织、UCI、NOSA、NCI和与癌症控制有关的志愿团体组成的指导委员会将协调网络活动。将提高认识的活动包括评估针对太平洋岛民的现有癌症教育材料，与癌症信息系统合作，在必要时修改现有材料，在适当时开发新的文化敏感材料，并以文化敏感的方式分发这些材料。PICCN将通过与癌症中心建立关系，让他们了解现有的癌症中心研究，并在必要时开发适合文化的招募材料，加强招募太平洋岛民参加临床试验。该网络将通过确定潜在的候选人，告知他们现有的癌症控制培训机会，在UCI开发新的培训机会，并提供导师帮助开发试点项目和RO1应用，促进太平洋岛民科学家参与研究。该提案的主要优势包括一个与太平洋岛民人口有良好合作记录的研究团队；允许社区组织确定其癌症控制优先事项的“草根”方法；NCI综合癌症中心的参与；以及强大的过程和结果评估计划。

Two centers of the University of California, Irvine (the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Health Policy and Research) in collaboration with the National Office of Samoan Affairs (NOSA) and eight community-based organizations propose to establish the Pacific Islander Cancer Control Network (PICCN) that will improve cancer awareness, enhance recruitment to clinical trials, and increase the number of cancer control investigators among American Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tongans, and Chimorras/-Guamanians in the United States. The community- based organizations are located in California, Washington, Utah, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam-states and territories in which the large majority of Pacific Islanders reside. A Steering Committee with membership from the community-based organizations, UCI, NOSA, NCI, and voluntary groups concerned with cancer control will coordinate the network activities. The activities that will increase awareness include assessing existing cancer education materials aimed at Pacific Islanders, working with the Cancer Information System to modify existing materials when necessary, developing new culturally-sensitive materials when appropriate, and distributing the materials in an culturally sensitive manner. The PICCN will enhance recruitment of Pacific Islanders to clinical trials by establishing relationships with cancer centers, making them aware of existing cancer center studies, and developing culturally appropriate recruitment materials when necessary. The network will promote participation of Pacific Islander scientists in research by identifying potential candidates, informing them about existing cancer control training opportunities, developing a new training opportunity at UCI, and providing mentors to help with the development of pilot projects and RO1 applications. Major strengths of the proposal include a research team with a strong record of collaboration with Pacific Islander populations; a "grass roots" approach that allows the community-based organizations to determine their cancer control priorities; the involvement of an NCI comprehensive cancer center; and a strong process and outcome evaluation plan.