TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-academic partnership to implement a Breast and Cervical Cancer screening education program in Puerto Rico
AU - Colón-López, Vivian
AU - González, Daisy
AU - Vélez, Camille
AU - Fernández-Espada, Natalie
AU - Feldman-Soler, Alana
AU - Ayala-Escobar, Kelly
AU - Ayala-Marín, Alelí M.
AU - Soto-Salgado, Marievelisse
AU - Calo, William A.
AU - Pattatucci-Aragón, Angela
AU - Rivera-Díaz, Marinilda
AU - Fernández, María E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to express our gratitude to our study participants and all the LHWs, FDCs and the undergraduate and graduate students from the UPR who participated as part of their community-based research experience. Finally, we thank Dr. Elba C. Díaz-Toro, Mrs. Mirza Rivera-Lugo, Ms. Lizbeth Medina-Cortés, Dr. Edna Acosta Pérez and Dr. Héctor Colón, all from the UPR Medical Sciences Campus, for their assistance in the adaptation and implementation of the CLS intervention. The project described was supported by National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health (NCI/NIH) grant number U54CA096297/CA096300 for the University of Puerto Rico / MD Anderson Cancer Center, Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research. This project was also supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under the Award number 2U54MD007587. W.A.C. was supported by NCI-sponsored pre- and postdoctoral cancer training programs R25CA057712 and R25CA116339. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
Funding Information:
We wish to express our gratitude to our study participants and all the LHWs, FDCs and the undergraduate and graduate students from the UPR who participated as part of their community-based research experience. Finally, we thank Dr. Elba C. Díaz-Toro, Mrs. Mirza Rivera-Lugo, Ms. Lizbeth Medina-Cortés, Dr. Edna Acosta Pérez and Dr. Héctor Colón, all from the UPR Medical Sciences Campus, for their assistance in the adaptation and implementation of the CLS intervention. The project described was supported by National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health (NCI/NIH) grant number U54CA096297/CA096300 for the University of Puerto Rico / MD Anderson Cancer Center, Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research. This project was also supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under the Award number 2U54MD007587. W.A.C. was supported by NCI-sponsored pre-and postdoctoral cancer training programs R25CA057712 and R25CA116339. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
Funding Information:
Community-based interventions designed to increase behavioral screening practices for cancer prevention and control have been scarce. With the purpose of improving cancer prevention and control in Puerto Rico, we initiated a community-academic partnership between Taller Salud, Inc. (TS) -a feminist community-based organization-and the Puerto Rico Community Cancer Control Outreach Program (PRCCCOP). The PRCCCOP is one of the core programs of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research, funded by the National Cancer Institute.
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PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Objective: To describe how a community-academic partnership between Taller Salud Inc., a community-based organization, and the Puerto Rico Community Cancer Control Outreach Program of the University of Puerto Rico was crucial in the adaptation and implementation of Cultivando La Salud (CLS), an evidencebased educational outreach program designed to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico. This collaboration facilitated the review and adaptation of the CLS intervention to improve cultural appropriateness, relevance, and acceptability for Puerto Rican women. Methods: A total of 25 interviewers and 12 Lay Health Workers (LHWs) were recruited and trained to deliver the program. The interviewers recruited women who were non-adherent to recommended screening guidelines for both breast and cervical cancer. LHWs then provided one-on-one education using the adapted CLS materials. Results: A total of 444 women were recruited and 48% of them were educated through this collaborative effort. Conclusion: Our main accomplishment was establishing the academic-community partnership to implement the CLS program. Nevertheless, in order to promote better collaborations with our community partners, it is important to carefully delineate and establish clear roles and shared responsibilities for each partner for the successful execution of research activities, taking into consideration the community’s needs.
AB - Objective: To describe how a community-academic partnership between Taller Salud Inc., a community-based organization, and the Puerto Rico Community Cancer Control Outreach Program of the University of Puerto Rico was crucial in the adaptation and implementation of Cultivando La Salud (CLS), an evidencebased educational outreach program designed to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico. This collaboration facilitated the review and adaptation of the CLS intervention to improve cultural appropriateness, relevance, and acceptability for Puerto Rican women. Methods: A total of 25 interviewers and 12 Lay Health Workers (LHWs) were recruited and trained to deliver the program. The interviewers recruited women who were non-adherent to recommended screening guidelines for both breast and cervical cancer. LHWs then provided one-on-one education using the adapted CLS materials. Results: A total of 444 women were recruited and 48% of them were educated through this collaborative effort. Conclusion: Our main accomplishment was establishing the academic-community partnership to implement the CLS program. Nevertheless, in order to promote better collaborations with our community partners, it is important to carefully delineate and establish clear roles and shared responsibilities for each partner for the successful execution of research activities, taking into consideration the community’s needs.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 29220062
AN - SCOPUS:85037057998
VL - 36
SP - 191
EP - 197
JO - Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
JF - Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
SN - 0738-0658
IS - 4
ER -
