title: A demonstration project to increase the awareness of cancer clinical trials among community-dwelling seniors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the planning, implementation, and evaluation of an educational program to increase the awareness of cancer clinical trials among community-dwelling seniors in a southeastern metropolitan community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published articles, research findings, conference proceedings, government-issued educational materials, and clinical experiences with patient recruitment and enrollment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The elderly are underrepresented significantly in cancer clinical trials. Often, patients and the lay public are not aware of clinical trials or have misconceptions about research. Community outreach efforts represent one viable strategy to close this knowledge gap.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Local communities can build partnerships to identify creative methods for disseminating materials about clinical trials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oncology nurses can create and participate in partnerships that communicate information about cancer clinical trials within their local communities.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. ehrenber@utk.edu
authors.forename: Heidi E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Ehrenberger
authors.forename: Jamie R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Breeden
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Donovan
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003256:Community Participation / Q000523:psychology; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires