MARKETING CANCER RESEARCH TO LATIN AMERICANS

华盛顿医院中心的华盛顿癌症研究所（WCI）与大华盛顿大都市区的五个为拉丁美洲人服务的社区诊所、伦巴第综合癌症中心（LCC）以及乔治敦大学的商学院、医学院和护理学院合作，共同组成了拉丁美洲癌症研究联盟（LACRC）。LACRC将与美国癌症协会大西洋中部分部、约翰霍普金斯大学的区域NCI癌症信息服务办公室和迈阿密大学的西班牙语CIS支持热线以及马修斯媒体集团合作，促进：l）癌症预防和控制意识和行为改变，和2）在大华盛顿地区的快速增长和独特的中美洲和南美洲最近移民人口中参与癌症临床试验。LACRC还将促进合作和拉丁美洲社区参与新的癌症预防和控制研究项目。拉丁美洲癌症防治中心的总体目标是将文化上适当的社会营销方法与加强这些营销方法的基于初级保健诊所的干预措施结合起来，以促进拉丁美洲人的健康和预防癌症，并将癌症预防和控制纳入这些极其繁忙的忙碌的日常运作中。LACRC联盟建议实现以下目标：1.1建立LACRC基础设施，建立伙伴关系，提高癌症控制意识。1.2为GU学生，NCI研究员和诊所合作伙伴建立健康促进培训机会。1.3在LACRC计划和实施合作发展研究项目。1.4合作开发并提交LACRC的研究资助申请。联盟成员强大的伙伴关系、社区联系和研究记录将为支持这些活动提供独特的基础设施。这些举措有可能降低华盛顿大都市地区拉丁美洲人的癌症发病率和死亡率。

The Washington Cancer Institute (WCI) of the Washington Hospital Center, in collaboration with five community clinics serving Latin Americans in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCC), and the Schools of Business, Medicine and Nursing of Georgetown University, have come together to form the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC). The LACRC will work with the Mid- Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society, the regional NCI Cancer Information Service Office at Johns Hopkins University and the Spanish- Language CIS support line at the University of Miami, and Matthews Media Group to promote: l) cancer prevention and control awareness and behavior change, and 2) participation in cancer clinical trials among the rapidly growing and unique Central and South American recent immigrant population of the greater Washington D.C. region. The LACRC will also foster collaboration and Latin American community participation in new investigator-initiated cancer prevention and control research projects. The overall goal of the LACRC is to pair culturally appropriate social marketing approaches to promote health and prevent cancer among Latin Americans, with primary care clinic-based interventions that reinforce these marketing approaches and integrate cancer prevention and control into the every day operations of these extremely busy clinics. The LACRC coalition proposes to accomplish the following objectives: 1.1 Build the LACRC infrastructure, establish partnerships and promote cancer control awareness. 1.2 Build Health Promotion Training Opportunities for GU Students, NCI Fellows and Clinic Partners. 1.3 Plan and Implement Collaborative Developmental Research Projects in the LACRC. 1.4 Collaboratively Develop and Submit Research Grant Applications from the LACRC. The strong partnerships, community links, and research track record of the coalition members will provide a unique infrastructure to support these activities. Such initiatives have the potential to decrease cancer morbidity and mortality among Latin Americans in the greater Washington DC metropolitan region.