title: Evaluating a national dissemination approach: The National Cancer Institute's clinical trials education program.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adult participation in clinical trials is low, and many individuals are unaware of trials as an option. Raising awareness about clinical trials and addressing barriers through education is key to increasing enrollment in trials.
  
  
  METHODS
  To reach communities, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) worked with partners to disseminate clinical trials education resources. Evaluation was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the dissemination approaches on program goals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survey results indicated that partners disseminated, used, and were satisfied with the program resources. Focus group results corroborated these findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NCI's program successfully used partnerships for broad dissemination of resources to improve clinical trials awareness.
authors.affiliation: Office of Communications and Education, National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. solomonf@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Felicia M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Sona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakkar
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zambon
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.forename: Margo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michaels
authors.forename: Lenora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Squiers
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017144:Focus Groups; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States