title: A pilot program in collaboration with African American churches successfully increases awareness of the importance of cancer research and participation in cancer translational research studies among African Americans.
abstract: African Americans are underrepresented in cancer research. We evaluate whether collaboration with African American churches can improve cancer awareness and increase participation in translational research protocols among African Americans. From February to April 2010, the Mayo Clinic partnered with African American Jacksonville churches to provide educational programs focused on cancer research and healthy behaviors. Education on multiple myeloma and on-site access to a translational cancer research pilot project evaluating the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathies and t(14,18) in African Americans was offered. Seventy-four percent, 236 out of 318 participants, returned the questionnaires. The majority of participants had never received information on multiple myeloma (67%), had never received clinical research study information (57%), and were enrolled in the translational research studies (55%). Partnerships with African American churches in community education projects that bring research to church venues are effective in improving cancer awareness and in increasing research participation among African Americans.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. gcolonotero@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colon-Otero
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albertie
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lesperance
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.forename: Alton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coles
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lynette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Alvaro Moreno
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aspitia
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vishnu
authors.forename: Floyd
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isley
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Celine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vachon
authors.forename: S Vincent
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
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