title: The cancer prevention and control research network.
abstract: The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network is a national network recently established to focus on developing new interventions and disseminating and translating proven interventions into practice to reduce cancer burden and disparities, especially among minority and medically underserved populations. Jointly funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute, the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network consists of sites administered through Prevention Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The five sites are located in Kentucky, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Texas, Washington State, and West Virginia. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network's intervention areas include primary prevention of cancer through healthy eating, physical activity, sun avoidance, tobacco control, and early detection of cancer through screening. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network uses the methods of community-based participatory research and seeks to build on the cancer-relevant systematic reviews of the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Initial foci for the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network's research work groups include projects to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers; to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening; and to validate educational materials developed for low-literacy populations.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. jh7@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Pamela K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coughlin
authors.forename: Maria E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kerner
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prout
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Eduardo J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Simoes
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D019058:Community Networks; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States