Greater Denver Latino Cancer Prevention/Control Network

描述(由申请人提供)： 由科罗拉多大学丹佛分校埃斯特万·弗洛雷斯博士领导的拉美裔研究和政策中心将把SPN扩展到30个以拉美裔社区为基础的组织，并在科罗拉多州的10个县创建科罗拉多阵线拉美裔社区网络(CFRLCN)，代表科罗拉多州80%的拉美裔和83%的拉美裔癌症病例。该网络将由医疗诊所和为拉丁裔提供服务的机构组成，包括丹佛健康医疗中心、CU健康科学综合癌症中心、科罗拉多州公共卫生和环境部、疾病预防部门和La Salud健康诊所。CFRLCN建立在以前在拉丁裔人群中提高癌症意识、教育和研究活动的工作基础上，如我们的SPN的五个试点项目。未来的活动包括努力提高认识、预防和及早发现乳腺癌、宫颈癌、前列腺癌、肺癌(包括戒烟)和结直肠癌。科罗拉多州癌症登记处的数据已经被用来在这10个县针对特定的癌症进行干预。教育和预防活动包括Dia de la Mujer Latina和结直肠癌教育/预防推广方案。CFRLCN将缩小这10个县的癌症健康差距，并将在第一年和第二年启动干预研究的社区参与性研究框架，以实现这些目标。这项工作将导致制定干预措施和试点建议以及大规模干预措施(R01)。三个计划分别涉及初级调查员培训、健康差距社区研究以及教育和预防项目。蒂姆·拜尔斯(PI)博士提出的另一项试点研究提案将测试可持续导航和对拉美裔癌症幸存者的支持。该网络将提高可信度和可持续性，因为它继续利用更多的资金，通过SPN已经产生了531,000美元，用于癌症预防和干预研究

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Latino Research and Policy Center, under PI Dr. Estevan Flores, at the University of Colorado at Denver, will expand its SPN to 30 Latino community based organizations and create the Colorado Front Range Latino Community Network (CFRLCN) in 10 Colorado counties, representing 80 percent of all Colorado Latinos and 83 percent of all Latino cancer cases. The Network will be composed of health clinics and agencies serving Latinos including Denver Health Medical Center, the CU Health Sciences' Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Disease Prevention Division, and La Salud Health Clinics. The CFRLCN builds on previous work on cancer awareness, education and research activities in the Latino population like our SPN's five pilot projects. Future activities include efforts in awareness, prevention and early detection of breast, cervical, prostate, lung (including smoking cessation) and colorectal cancers. Colorado Cancer Registry data has been used to target specific cancers for intervention in these 10 counties. Education and prevention activities include Dia de la Mujer Latina, and a colorectal education/prevention outreach program. The CFRLCN will reduce cancer health disparities in the 10 counties and will embark, in Years 1 and 2, on a community participatory research framework in intervention research to achieve these aims. This work will lead to development of interventions and pilot proposals and large scale interventions (R01s). Three plans address separately junior investigator training, health disparities community research, and education and prevention projects. A separate pilot research proposal by Dr. Tim Byers (PI) will test sustainable navigation and support for the Hispanic cancer survivor. This Network will increase credibility and sustainability as it continues to leverage more funds, $531,000 have been generated via the SPN, for cancer prevention and intervention research