TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer-related disparities
T2 - Weathering the perfect storm through comprehensive cancer control approaches
AU - Hayes, N.
AU - Rollins, R.
AU - Weinberg, A.
AU - Brawley, O.
AU - Baquet, C.
AU - Kaur, J. S.
AU - Palafox, N. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Georgia Cancer Coalition (GCC) is a statewide network created to improve cancer education, screening, treatment, training, and research in Georgia. The GCC is supported by tobacco settlement dollars contributed by the state and by significant amounts of federal funding, private donations, and in-kind gifts [13]. The GCC has designated Centers of Excellence (COE) to educate those who care for cancer patients and translate research and medical advances into community interventions and practices. The Grady Memorial Health System in Atlanta was awarded a grant in 2002 to establish the Georgia Cancer Center, the first of four GCC-designated COEs. Two floors of this public hospital were renovated to establish a state-of-the-art clinical environment dedicated to providing highly attentive care and customer service to an underserved Atlanta community.
Funding Information:
Regional experts have partnered with national experts to develop and implement comprehensive approaches for improving cancer outcomes for priority populations in the USAPIN. The Cancer Council of the Pacific Islands (CCPI) was formed to develop a strategic plan to eliminate cancer-related disparities among the people in the USAPIN. The CCPI is funded by the NCI and is supported by organizations for whom eliminating health-related disparities is a fundamental goal: the Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC), the Pacific Islands Health Officer Association (PIHOA), the Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors Network/Forum, Native Hawaiian Health Initiatives, the President’s Council on Cancer Health Disparities, and the NCI’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. With initiatives developed by the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the John Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and supported by Papa Ola Lokahi (the Native Hawaiian Health Board), the CCPI has completed cancer assessments and developed a cancer strategic plan. The CCPI is currently expanding resources and partnerships with a CDC-funded CCC planning award to develop a cancer control plan specific to the needs of the people in the USAPIN. In addition, CDC, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and C-Change have partnered to support a model of participatory development and planning to support comprehensive approaches to cancer control. During the planning process, all jurisdictions have been encouraged to share scarce resources and expertise through regional plans. The regional plans include (1) the development of regional pathology services, (2) a centralized cancer registry, (3) a regional body to evaluate potential cancer research, and (4) regional cancer treatment centers. Grant writers and cancer coordinators are available to assist jurisdictions as they develop infrastructures to support CCC planning and implementation. Over time, it is expected these strategies developed and implemented through comprehensive approaches to weather the storm will successfully lead to the elimination of cancer-related disparities for populations within the USAPIN.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - During the last two decades extraordinary progress in developing and using effective cancer prevention strategies, early detection interventions, and cancer treatments has been made. This progress has resulted in an overall decline in mortality rates for all cancers combined. Nonetheless, cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States. Although cancer is a diagnosis that many survive, cancer experiences across populations may vary considerably. These differences in cancer experiences have created an unequal disease burden that presents distinct professional and moral challenges to our nation. Many cancer control plans suggest specific strategies that prioritize eliminating cancer-related disparities. This article describes certain cancer-related disparities in the United Sates and gives several examples of how communities and disenfranchised populations are using comprehensive cancer control (CCC) approaches to eliminate these disparities. One or two interventions are highlighted in each example.
AB - During the last two decades extraordinary progress in developing and using effective cancer prevention strategies, early detection interventions, and cancer treatments has been made. This progress has resulted in an overall decline in mortality rates for all cancers combined. Nonetheless, cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States. Although cancer is a diagnosis that many survive, cancer experiences across populations may vary considerably. These differences in cancer experiences have created an unequal disease burden that presents distinct professional and moral challenges to our nation. Many cancer control plans suggest specific strategies that prioritize eliminating cancer-related disparities. This article describes certain cancer-related disparities in the United Sates and gives several examples of how communities and disenfranchised populations are using comprehensive cancer control (CCC) approaches to eliminate these disparities. One or two interventions are highlighted in each example.
KW - CCC to eliminate disparities
KW - Cancer-related disparities
KW - Comprehensive approaches to eliminate cancer-related disparities
KW - Health disparities in cancer
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U2 - 10.1007/s10552-005-0487-z
DO - 10.1007/s10552-005-0487-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 16208573
AN - SCOPUS:26044434031
SN - 0957-5243
VL - 16
SP - 41
EP - 50
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -