(Click here for English) ¡Bienvenida/os! Somos un grupo de investigadoras de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte, trabajamos en el departamento The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Nuestro equipo está realizando un estudio para aprender cómo ayudar a padres Latinos a mejor navegar el sistema de salud en los Estados Unidos cuando… Read more »
Circles of Care: Supporting African Americans with Cancer
Patients with advanced cancer need supportive and palliative care in addition to cancer-specific treatments, to overcome pain, reduce psychological and spiritual distress, and meet practical needs. African Americans are more likely to have advanced cancer, yet less often get effective pain management, cancer communication, or supportive care. To overcome barriers for African Americans with cancer,… Read more »
ALMA – Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma/Latina Friends Motivating the Soul
Project ALMA focuses on promoting emotional health and reducing mental health stressors for Latinas.
Project CONNECT / Community Bridges to Cancer Clinical Trials
The goal of Project CONNECT, an initiative funded by EXPORT, is to increase the number of African Americans involved in clinical research.
Project GRACE (Growing Reaching, Advocating for Change and Empowerment)
Project GRACE focuses on reducing the spread of HIV in African American communities.
Project EAST (Education and Access to Services and Testing)
Project EAST is a community-academic partnership that spans eight NC counties and leverages the expertise of a multi-county Community Advisory Board.
Lung Cancer Surgery: Decisions Against Life Saving Care – The Intervention Center
This American Cancer Society sponsored study is designed to use a health literacy and culturally appropriate communication intervention for patients and electronic data tools for providers to optimize lung cancer surgery treatment for early stage lung cancer for all patients and to reduce the surgical gap between African-American and white lung cancer patients.
Mentoring in community influences on CVD risk
The mentoring in community influences on CVD risk project focuses on both research and on mentoring newer researchers to enhance their research capacity.
A Family-Focused Lay Health Advisor Program to Reduce the Rate of Cardiovascular Disease among African Americans
Provide consultation and guidance for the development of the Train-the-Trainers curriculum for a lay health advisor program and the revision of the Power 2 Prevent (P2P) curriculum.
The UNC-Chapel Hill/Shaw University Comprehensive National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) Research Center
With the Goal of eliminating health disparities, the UNC-Shaw NCMHD Research Center aims to be a research incubator that will conduct innovative minority health research among adult African-American populations in North Carolina.