All Projects
Texas Cancer Genetics Consortium: Education and Outreach Work Group
Texas Cancer Genetics Consortium: Education and Outreach Work Group This project helped develop communication functions, such as Web sites and newsletters, for the activities of the Cancer Genetics Network.
Overcoming Barriers to Early Phase Clinical Trials (EPCT): Increasing EPCT Accrual in South Texas
This studied the cultural, economic and structural barriers to early-phase clinical trial participation faced by patients and oncologists, and developed an interventional trial to reduce those barriers.
Special Interest Project II: Latinos in a Network for Cancer Control
This established a Cancer Prevention and Control Network for Texas and surrounding states along the Texas-Mexico Border with a focus on eliminating cancer-related health disparities among Latinos.
National Hispanic Leadership Initiative on Cancer (NHLIC): En Acción
This was the first comprehensive assessment of cancer risk factors among the major populations of Latinos and developed Latino-focused state-of-the-art cancer prevention and control strategies.
Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network
First funded from 2000 as this Special Population Network of the National Cancer Institute and then re-funded in 2005 and 2010, Redes developed a national infrastructure of academic centers, community and federal partners and local and regional health professionals, civic leaders and researchers to stimulate cancer control research, awareness and training.
Replication of A Su Salud En Acción
This project replicated a prior project’s breast and cervical cancer prevention and control efforts among Latinos, with an ultimate goal of increasing the number of Hispanic women who seek the services of the CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
Buena Vida! Magazine Evaluation and Cancer Genetics Network (CGN) Recruitment Study
This evaluated the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive bilingual magazine and interpersonal communication in recruiting Hispanic participants in the Texas Cancer Genetics Network.
Buena Vida! Protecting Your Family from Breast Cancer
These magazines used 24-page bilingual magazines to educate Hispanic communities about cancer issues and raise awareness about prevention and control activities that are intended to reduce the burden of cancer among Latinos.
Nuestras Historias: Mujeres Latinas Sobreviviendo el Cáncer del Seno
This bilingual book tells the story of 26 South Texas who describe the Latina breast cancer experience and culturally relevant coping skills in their own words. The book was produced by Redes En Acción.
Psychosocial Study of Breast Cancer Survivorship and Genetic Testing
This study sought to identify key psychosocial variables that influence effective communication of breast cancer risk information and genetic screening among members of Hispanic families with hereditary breast cancer.