5009.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 9:15 AM

Abstract #29114

Year I Achievements of the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (AANCART)

Moon S. Chen, PhD1, Roshan Bastani, PhD2, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, RN, MN, PhD3, Melvin Moeschberger, PhD1, Ruby Senie, PhD4, Susan Shinagawa1, Vicky Taylor, MD, MPH5, Shin-Ping Tu, MD, MPH6, Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH7, Nadia Islam, MPH4, and Thoa Nguyen8. (1) School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 320 W. 10th Ave., B-207 Starling-Loving Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, 614-293-3920, chen.42@osu.edu, (2) University of California - Los Angeles, 650 S. Charles Young Dr., P.O. Box 956900, A2- 125 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (3) School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (4) Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, (5) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA, (6) Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, (7) School of Nursing, The Ohio State University, 1585 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, (8) Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, University of California, San Francisco, 44 Page Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, 94102

In this 90-minute session, we shall present the highlights of the first year of funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training (AANCART). When AANCART launched in April 2000, it became the first-ever national infrastructure to address cancer awareness research and training for Asian Americans. Presenters will report on AANCART’s progress in (1) building an infrastructure to increase cancer awareness research and training among Asian Americans in four regions: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, & New York; (2) establishing partnerships between AANCART and other entities; and (3) initiating research studies.

The reports on infrastructure will include examples of cancer awareness activities, initiation of a Pan-Asian Council in San Francisco, development of a core questionnaire and item banks for standardizing data collection, description of our first Asian American Cancer Control Academy, and the involvement of community-based organizations in needs assessment and training for research. The reports on partnerships will include how we developed collaborations among community-based groups where none previously existed, findings from needs assessments, and examples of partnerships that have developed. Among the reports on research studies are studies on baseline data collected on tobacco use and environmental tobacco smoke exposure among Chinese Americans in New York, intervention studies among Asian Americans in Seattle, and the initiation of university-community collaborative research in Los Angeles.

We believe that the infrastructure, partnerships, and foundation for research created by AANCART offer a promising venue for eliminating the unequal burden of cancer among Asian Americans.

See www.sph.ohio-state.edu/aancart/

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Recognize the purpose and goals of AANCART. 2. Identify key examples of AANCART's cancer awareness activities in Year I. 3. Describe the partnerships developed by AANCART and its community partners. 4. Identify research efforts by AANCART members.

Keywords: Asian and Pacific Islander, Cancer

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: The Ohio State University; Columbia University; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; University of California - Los Angeles; University of California - San Francisco; University of Washington
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
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