INCREASING ACCESS TO CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

这项名为“增加临床和教育研究的机会”（ACES）的申请旨在为癌症教育和研究网络的发展提供支持，该网络旨在促进新的癌症预防和控制研究拨款申请的发展，这些申请在文化上适合费城的少数民族人口，并且可以在为少数民族人口服务的社区初级保健实践中实施。该网络将把癌症研究人员、社区卫生保健领导者、社区护士、社区初级保健实践和肿瘤合作组织联系起来。这项努力将扩大Thomas Jefferson大学Kimmel癌症中心（KCC）和费城社区卫生保健领导者于1996年建立的癌症研究伙伴关系。该申请的具体目标是：(1)在费城组织一个癌症教育和研究网络。(2)招募有潜力成为试点研究的共同研究者和开发研究者发起的资助申请的少数族裔科学家。(3)通过非裔美国人教会开展癌症防治教育。(5)提交新的研究资助申请，旨在增加非裔美国人对癌症预防和控制研究的参与。在ace项目的第一阶段，将组织一个指导委员会和三个特定疾病（即乳腺癌、结肠直肠癌和前列腺癌）工作组。在项目的第二阶段，社区癌症教育工作和至少三个试点研究将启动。预计这些研究将评估鼓励在西费城和北费城居住的非洲裔美国人中明智地使用癌症预防和控制模式以及参与合作小组试验的方法。在第三阶段，我们会根据试验研究的结果，准备和提交新的研究资助申请。

This application titled, Increasing Access to Clinical and Educational Studies (ACES) seeks support for the development of a cancer education and research network developed to facilitate the development of new cancer prevention and control research grant applications that are culturally appropriate to minority populations in Philadelphia and feasible for implementation in community-based primary care practices that serve minority populations members. The network will link cancer researchers, community health care leaders, community-based nurses, community- based primary care practices, and cooperative oncology groups. This effort will expand a cancer research partnership that was formed in 1996 between the Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC) of Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) and Philadelphia community health care leaders. Specific aims of the application are to: (1) Organize a cancer education and research network in Philadelphia. (2) Recruit minority scientists who have the potential to become co- investigators on pilot studies and to develop investigator- initiated grant applications. (3) Provide education about cancer prevention and control through African American churches. (5) Submit new research grant applications that are designed to increase the participation of African Americans in cancer prevention and control research. In Phase 1 of the ACES Project, a steering committee and three disease site-specific (i.e., breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer) working groups will be organized. During Phase 2 of the project, community cancer education efforts and at least three pilot studies will be initiated. It is anticipated that these studies will assess methods for encouraging the informed use of cancer prevention and control modalities and participation in cooperative group trials among African Americans who reside in West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia. In Phase 3, we will prepare and submit new research grant applications based on results from the pilot studies.