Pilot Project

拉丁裔和美国印第安人卫生工作者推动临床试验 项目负责人：A·保拉·库比蒂诺博士。 项目总结： 只有不到3%的成年癌症患者参与了临床试验。对于来自弱势群体的患者来说，参与率甚至更低。社区卫生工作者(CHW)已被证明改善了少数群体参与临床研究和获得卫生保健的机会，因此这种方法在增加 少数人参与癌症临床试验。随着堪萨斯大学癌症中心继续在全州农村地区建立成功的伙伴关系活动，提高少数族裔对NCI赞助的临床试验的认识的计划将是至关重要的。 这项建议的目标是合作开发、实施和评估一个以理论为基础和文化相关的培训计划，以提高我们 该州的拉丁裔和美国印第安人(Al)社区。我们的中心假设是，一个对文化敏感、语言和识字适当的项目将提高a)对临床试验的了解，以及b)对参与临床试验的态度。该计划将分两个阶段进行。在第一阶段，我们将完善我们的社区癌症研究大使课程，并培训20名社区卫生工作者(CHW)。 培训将使卫生福利院掌握进行临床试验的基本知识，包括参与的利弊，并为卫生福利院提供通过其社交网络传播信息的关键技能。将通过文化定制的媒体活动来加强实施，该活动将提高对癌症研究努力的认识，帮助建立关于 参与临床试验的重要性，并在社区内加强CHW信息。在第二阶段，我们将评估CHW活动对社区对癌症临床试验的知识和态度的影响。

Latino and American Indian Health Workers Promoting Clinical Trials Project leader: A. Paula Cupertino, Ph.D. Project Summary: Less than three percent of all adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials. Participation is even lower for patients from vulnerable populations. Community health workers (CHW) have been shown to improve minority participation in clinical research and access to health care, so this approach holds great promise in increasing minority participation in cancer clinical trials. As the University of Kansas Cancer Center continues to build successful partnership activities in rural areas across the state, programs to raise awareness of NCI sponsored clinical trials among minorities will be crucial. The objective of this proposal is to collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate a theory-based and culturally relevant training program to advance awareness and interest in cancer clinical trials among our state's Latino and American Indian (Al) communities. Our central hypothesis is that a culturally sensitive, language and literacy appropriate program will improve a) knowledge about clinical trials, and b) attitudes regarding clinical trials participation. The program will be carried out in two phases. In Phase 1, we will refine our Community Ambassadors for Cancer Research curriculum and train 20 community health workers (CHW). Training will equip CHWs with essential knowledge about the conduct of clinical trials, including the advantages and disadvantages of participation as well as providing CHWs with critical skills in disseminating informafion through their social networks. Implementation will be enhanced through a culturally tailored media campaign that will increase awareness about cancer research efforts, help build a knowledge base about the importance of participating in clinical trials, and reinforce CHW messages within the community. In Phase II, we will evaluate the impact of CHW activities on community knowledge and attitudes about cancer clinical trials.