Center for Hispanic Health Promotion: Reducing Cancer Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：西班牙裔是美国增长最快的少数民族人口。数据表明，西班牙裔人服务不足，不太可能参加癌症预防和筛查活动比他们的非西班牙裔白色同行。该项目的总体目标是与区域伙伴合作，减少癌症差异。这是这个拟议中的中心西班牙裔健康促进的长期目标：减少癌症差异使用社区为基础的参与性研究（CBPR）的方法，以减少癌症的差异西班牙裔在两个地区选择了这个项目。我们的短期目标是： 1.发展和加强我们与第1和第2区社区合作伙伴的现有关系，以减少拉丁美洲人和亚卡马民族（行政核心）成员之间的癌症差异 2.在拉丁美洲人和非政府组织成员中增加健康促进外联和癌症筛查活动。 Yakama Nation（外联核心）; 3.使用严格的研究项目（研究核心）增加拉丁美洲人的宫颈癌筛查; 4.开发和评估癌症患者和幸存者可持续支持系统的可行性（研究核心）;和5。培训初级研究人员，特别是代表性不足的少数民族，在赠款写作和CBPR，以减少癌症的差距。 这一拟议的社区网络计划（CNP）建立在我们现有的CNP（2005 - 2010）的基础上。它建议增加一项随机临床试验，以评估两种不同的方法来促进宫颈癌筛查。此外，它增加了一个病人导航方法，以减少时间的后续异常巴氏试验。该试点项目以社区现有的关切为基础。拟议的中心将通过其外联核心，在人口一级传播信息和提供支助。培训核心将有助于培养新一代CBPR和科学研究科学家。通过其四个核心，拟议的中心将涵盖无数的癌症差异，并协助NCI奋进减少这种差异。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hispanics are the fastest growing minority population in the United States. Data indicate that Hispanics are underserved and less likely to take part in cancer prevention and screening activities than their non-Hispanic white counterparts. The overall goal of this project is to work collaboratively with regional partners to reduce cancer disparities. It is the long-term goal of this proposed Center for Hispanic Health Promotion: Reducing Cancer Disparities to use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to reduce the cancer disparities experienced by Hispanics in the two regions selected for this project. Our short-term objectives are to: 1. Develop and enhance our existing relationships with community partners in Regions 1 and 2 to reduce cancer disparities among Latinos and members of the Yakama Nation (Administrative Core) 2. Increase health promotion outreach and cancer screening activities among Latinos and members of the Yakama Nation (Outreach Core); 3. Increase cervical cancer screening among Latinas using a rigorous research project (Research Core); 4. Develop and assess the feasibility of a sustainable support system for cancer patients and survivors (research Core); and 5. Train junior investigators, especially underrepresented minorities, in grant writing and CBPR to reduce cancer disparities. This proposed Community Networks Program (CNP) builds on our existing CNP (2005 - 2010). It proposes to add a randomized clinical trial to assess two different approaches to motivate cervical cancer screening. Further it adds a patient navigator approach to reduce time to follow-up of an abnormal pap test. The pilot project builds on existing community concerns. Through its outreach core, the proposed Center will spread information and support at the population level. The training core will help train a new generation of scientists in CBPR and scientific research. Through its four cores, the proposed Center will cover a myriad of cancer disparities and assist NCI in its endeavor to reduce such disparities.