Nutrition and cancer education at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
BACKGROUND
The status of nutrition education at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center since the 1980s is discussed.


METHODS
A needs assessment with emphasis on nutrition education activities in the medical school curriculum led to the successful application for a NCI R25 Cancer Education Grant in 1988.


RESULTS
A nutrition elective, Nutrition and Cancer, for health professions students and a section of the Biochemistry course, Principles of Nutrition, were generated. These have persisted to the present despite the scheduled expiration of the R25 grant.


CONCLUSIONS
Topic-directed NCI Cancer Education Grants can stimulate and facilitate successful approaches to defined cancer education needs. The resulting activities can, and should, persist after the expiration of such grants.
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Office of Cancer Education, University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. richard.bakemeier@UCHSC.edu
D003120:Colorado; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014481:United States