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Zul H. Surani, BS, USC Norris Cancer Center, NCI's Cancer Information Service, 1441 Eastlake Ave, M/S 44, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9175, 626-457-4267, zsurani@usc.edu, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, Institute for Prevention Research, University of Southern California, 1000 S. Fremont, Buiding A1, Alhambra, CA 91803, Punam Parikh, MPH, South Asian Network, 18173 S. Pioneer Blvd, Suite I, 2nd Floor, Artesia, CA 90701, and Roshan Bastani, PhD, University of California - Los Angeles, 650 S. Charles Young Dr., P.O. Box 956900, A2- 125 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
This poster describes how cancer awareness programs have been introduced in South Asian communities in Los Angeles County through a community-based organization , South Asian Network (SAN). To introduce this effort, SAN received capacity building assistance and funding from the following partners: Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training, Los Angeles (AANCART L.A.) a National Cancer Institute funded Special Populations Network at UCLA, National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service (CIS), Partnered for Progress, Los Angeles County Regional Cancer Detection Partnership (PFP) and the Asian Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network (APITEN). The capacity building efforts were extended through help from an MPH intern placed at SAN by AANCART L.A
South Asians, those from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, are the 2nd largest Asian group in the United States. The poster will provide an overview of SAN programs, partnerships, community demographics and cancer control needs of South Asians. An outreach model that is specific to the South Asian community, where trained community organizers disseminate the latest, most accurate cancer information in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways will be shared including products and approaches developed. This effort was the first step in introducing and sustaining cancer awareness programs for South Asian communities in Los Angeles and creating community readiness and capacity for conducting research.. Through this sustainable community infrastructure developed by SAN with assistance from collaborating partners, thousands of South Asians have received culturally appropriate information. This community infrastructure has resulted in a number of collaborative research projects with UCLA specifically targeting underserved South Asians.
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Keywords: Cancer, Community-Based Partnership
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.