Program: 10th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer. Celebrating 20 Years of Progress. Committed to Eliminating Disparities... the Journey Continues

Program details the events, speakers, attendees, and discussions during the 10th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer presented by Intercultural Cancer Council and jointly sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine. The symposium took place April 19-23, 2006 at the OMNI Shoreham in Washington, DC. See more at Intercultural Cancer Council Records

Cancer Facts: Elderly and Cancer

The fact sheet summarizes cancer facts related to the elderly population. The document is organized into seven sections: Who We Are, Causes/Etiology, Patient/Provider Communication, Screening, Disparities, Outcomes, and References. See more at Intercultural Cancer Council Records

Program: 8th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer. Awareness is Not Enough

Program details the events, speakers, attendees, and discussions during the 8th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer presented by Intercultural Cancer Council and jointly sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine. The symposium took place February 6-10 at the OMNI Shoreham in Washington, DC. See more at Intercultural Cancer Council Records

“It Takes a (Healthy) Village to Raise a Child:” A Case for Integrating Public Health and Social Work Research to Eliminate Health Disparities

Issue Editor, Heather H. Goltz, introduces Volume 17, Issue 1 of the Journal of Family Strengths

Workshop Overview

Workshop Overview Lovell Allan Jones, Ph.D., received his doctorate in 1977 in the field of zoology with an emphasis in endocrinology and tumor biology from the University of California, Berkeley. During his training Dr. Jones was a National Institutes of Health (NIH) pre-doctoral trainee and a Ford Foundation Fellow at the UC Berkeley\u27s Cancer Research Laboratory. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Jones joined the Reproductive Endocrinology Center at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Pentti Siiteri. Before joining the Department of Gynecologic Oncology at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) in 1980, Dr. Jones served as an Instructor in the Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at UCSF. Dr. Jones is presently the director of the Congressionally mandated Center for Research on Minority Health in the Department of Health Disparities Research in the division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. He is also the Founding Co-Chair of the Intercultural Cancer Council, the nation\u27s largest multicultural health policy group focused on minorities, the medically underserved and cancer

Disparities in Disability Among Non-Hispanic Black Elders: Results From the National Interview Survey 2001–2003

A drastically increasing elderly population and disparity among disability poses a concern for the US health care industry. This retrospective cross-sectional study analyzed whether ADL and IADL disabilities were different among non-Hispanic white (NHW) and non-Hispanic black (NHB) populations age 65 and over. Data was retrieved from the 2001–2003 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for comparing NHBs and NHWs using chi-square analysis for bivariate comparisons. For both elderly NHBs and elderly NHWs, increased rates of disability were reported for being over 75, female, single, and having lower education. NHBs reported statistically higher disability rates for ADL, IADL, and for any disability, with 10.0%, 18.0%, and 19.3%, respectively, compared to NHWs. There is a need to increase the access for NHBs to nursing home, hospice, and assisted-living facilities. Of further concern is the finding of lower institutionalization rates in the NHB population despite the significant presence of increased disability. The growing NHB elderly population needs an urgent societal intervention to address the persistent disparity, which has been neglected for so many years

Rethinking Research Ethics for Latinos: The Policy Paradox of Health Reform and the Role of Social Justice

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2012.72999

Social Justice Documentary: Designing for Impact

Explores current methodologies for assessing social issue documentary films by combining strategic design and evaluation of multiplatform outreach and impact, including documentaries' role in network- and field-building. Includes six case studies

Factors Influencing Mammography Screening of Chinese American Women

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73254/1/0884217505276256.pd

Understanding the Cultural Barriers That Impede Latinas From Clinical Trials

In order to understand the cultural dimensions that play a role in the lack of Latina participation in clinical trials, it is vital to document the many underlying reasons for their fear and mistrust. Many people think of the Tuskegee experiment when we mention unethical trials, but there were others, including one impacting my own family and community - the sterilization campaign against Latinas on welfare in Spanish Harlem in the 1950s. This led to a pervasive mistrust of doctors and the medical system in Latinas to the point that I only sought treatment for pre-natal care and in emergencies. A literature review on medical abuse among poor and disadvantaged women of color highlighted the sterilization campaign against Puerto Rican and Mexican women from the 1940s through the 1970s. Sterilized at 28 and dead by 56, my mother instilled my mistrust at an early age. My breast cancer was discovered by accident - literally, while receiving care for an on-the-job injury. Among many of the factors that hinder Latinas from access, preventive screening and clinical trials, mistrust continues to be one of the leading reasons noted in the survey forms from the last 5 years of DML. However, there has been no specific study addressing how to overcome this mistrust