Biennial Symposium Series on Minorities and Cancer

关于少数民族、医疗服务不足和癌症的两年一次专题讨论会是跨文化癌症理事会（ICC）召集的主要方案。本申请的目的是为第八届和第九届双年研讨会寻求资金，就像我们为以前的研讨会所做的那样。然而，由于研讨会系列的令人满意的成功，并基于与NCI工作人员的对话，我们建议将正常的资助期延长到四年，以便涵盖接下来的两个研讨会。这将有助于保持连续性，并将加强会议在临时非会议年期间的积极影响。它还将使我们能够进行长期需求评估和结果衡量。研讨会定于2002年和2004年2月在华盛顿特区的Omni Shoreham酒店举行。在美国，少数民族和低收入人群的癌症发病率和死亡率不成比例。因此，迫切需要发展知识和战略，以便在受影响社区的领导和充分参与下解决这一危机。1987年发起了关于少数民族、医疗服务不足和癌症问题的两年一次专题讨论会，目的是为此提供一个多元文化论坛。该系列的总体目标，特别是即将举行的8d和9t专题讨论会的总体目标是：(1)交流最新的科学和治疗信息，并分享减少美国少数民族和医疗服务不足人群中不成比例的癌症发病率和死亡率的战略；(2)提高卫生保健提供者、非专业人员和幸存者在原发性和继发性癌症预防、早期发现和治疗方面的能力；(3)促进具有文化竞争力的癌症护理和服务以及种族平衡的研究。第8届双年研讨会的其他具体目标将是：(1)讨论通过第7届双年研讨会的评估数据和国际商会正在进行的规划过程新确定的主题；(2)为联邦机构提供一个论坛，以确定和讨论他们对少数民族和医疗服务不足人群中不平等的癌症负担的应对措施，例如，减少健康差距的NCI战略计划，癌症意识研究和培训的特殊人群网络，以及与泰尔医学研究所报告相关的NCI应对和行动的出版。跨文化癌症理事会连同一批杰出的顾问和顾问正在设计一个方案，该方案将包括来自癌症和少数民族健康研究、护理和政策制定的完整连续体的代表。研讨会的形式将包括科学报告、小组讨论、海报和观众参与的问答环节。将会有一个多媒体教育资源中心和交流机会。经编辑的会议记录和精选的学生摘要和报告将在专业期刊上发表。

The Biennial Symposia on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer is the main program convened by the Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC). The purpose of this application is to seek funding for the 8th and 9th Biennial Symposia, as we have done for previous Symposia. However, as a result of the gratifying success of the Symposium series, and based on conversations with NCI staff, we are proposing to extend the normal grant period to four years in order to cover both the next two Symposia. This will facilitate maintaining continuity and will reinforce the positive impact of the conferences during the interim non-meeting years. It will also allow us to pursue longer-term needs assessment and outcomes measures. The Symposia are scheduled for February, 2002 and 2004, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. There is a disproportionate incidence of cancer morbidity and mortality among minorities and persons of low level income in the United States. Consequently, there is a critical need to develop knowledge and strategies to address this crisis with the leadership and full participation of the affected communities. The Biennial Symposia on Minorities, Medically Underserved & Cancer were initiated in 1987 to provide a multicultural forum for this purpose. The overall goals of the series in general and the upcoming 8d' and 9t' Symposia in particular are to: (1) exchange the latest scientific and treatment information and to share strategies for reducing the disproportionate incidence of cancer morbidity and mortality among minorities and the medically underserved in the United States; (2) enhance the competency of health care providers, laypersons and survivors in the areas of primary and secondary cancer prevention, early detection and treatment; and (3) promote culturally competent cancer care and services and ethnically balanced research. Additional specific aims of the 8d' Biennial Symposium will be to: (1) address topics newly identified through evaluation data from the 7h Biennial Symposium and the ongoing planning process of the ICC; and (2) provide a forum for federal agencies to identify and discuss their responses to the unequal burden of cancer among minority and medically underserved populations, e.g., the NCI Strategic Plan to Reduce Health Disparities, the Special Populations Networks for cancer Awareness Research and Training, and publication of the NCI's Response and Actions Related to the Report from tyre Institute of Medicine. The Intercultural Cancer Council along with a distinguished roster of advisors and consultants are designing a program that will involve representatives from the full continuum of cancer and minority health research, care, and policy development. The Symposium format will include scientific presentation, panel discussions, posters and audience participation in Q&A sessions. There will be a multimedia educational resources center and networking opportunities will be promoted. Edited proceedings of the Symposium and selected student abstracts and presentations will be published in professional journals.