Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network is a National Cancer Institute-funded initiative to combat cancer among Latinos. A multi-faceted approach to cancer prevention and control, Redes En Acción has built a nationwide network of community-based organizations, research institutions, government health agencies and the public. Core activities include promoting training and research opportunities for Latino students and researchers, generating research projects on key Latino cancer issues, and supporting cancer awareness activities within the Latino community. Now, under the NCI's new Community Networks Program (CNP) initiative, Redes is expanding its efforts to fight cancer in Latino communities throughout the United States by working to expand the existing Redes En Acción organizational infrastructure into a sustainable network that will reduce cancer health disparities through cancer education, research and training within and among the U.S. and Puerto Rico, with research on policy and organizational change and on the effects of innovative interventions to reduce disparities.
Redes Cancer Campaign Features New PSA Series
Set for launch in early 2009, a national Redes En Acción public awareness campaign will encourage Latinos to learn more about how they can protect themselves from cancer.
Scene from PSAs promoting cancer
screening among Latinos
Six new PSAs (public service announcements) – produced by Redes En Acción in both Spanish and English – will be disseminated to television stations across the country. The PSAs and accompanying print materials are being developed in partnership with the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service (CIS).
“Educating the Latino community about cancer is a major facet of the Redes En Acción mission,” said Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, Redes Principal Investigator. “These PSAs will help raise awareness by showing how we can all learn more and take action to protect ourselves and our families from this disease.”
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Redes Latino Cancer Experts Directory Now Online
A new resource is now available for the news media across the country. The Redes En Acción Latino Cancer Experts Directory is online and can be accessed through this Web site. A button on the home page (on the menu at left) will take you to a search engine, where Latino cancer experts nationwide can be located. The directory consists of physicians, researchers and others who have expertise in cancers and cancer issues of particular significance to Latinos. Experts in the directory are bilingual and available for interview by Spanish- and English-language media on a wide range of topics.Also Available Online . . .
- APOS 6th Annual Conference: The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) continues to build on its success as the only multidisciplinary society in the United States dedicated to advancing psychosocial oncology with the 2009 APOS 6th Annual Conference — a must-attend event for all professionals working in the field. Earlybird registration is now available for the conference, which is dedicated to Integrating Psychosocial Research and Practice in Quality Cancer Care: Setting the Standard. Please go to www.apos-society.org for more information on APOS and the conference.
- LAF Launches Spanish-Language Website: The Lance Armstrong Foundation recently launched www.livestrong.org/espanol. This Spanish-language website provides information on the common physical, emotional and day-to-day concerns of Hispanic/Latino cancer survivors. In addition to cancer information, the website includes sixteen videos of Hispanic/Latino cancer survivors sharing their experiences with cancer. LIVESTRONG.org/espanol also provides a path for survivors to connect with LIVESTRONG SurvivorCare, a free service that offers professional assistance with the challenges of cancer. LIVESTRONG SurvivorCare offers one-on-one counseling services and help with financial, employment or insurance concerns, as well as information about treatment options and connecting to new treatments in development.
- Ford and Komen Honor Redes "Warrior in Pink": When Celia Thompson was diagnosed with breast cancer, little did she know that an even greater shock was in store -- when she learned a few months later that her 30-year-old daughter also had the disease. Now cancer-free alongside her daughter, Celia was recently recognized by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the leader in the breast cancer movement, and Ford's Warriors in Pink campaign for her courageous spirit and strength in battling her own cancer while supporting and inspiring her daughter. learn more
- Spanish/English Stop Smoking Internet Study: Redes En Acción supports a Stop Smoking Internet-based research study being conducted by Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD, UCFS Professor of Psychology and Chief Psychologist at San Francisco General Hospital; Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, UCSF Professor of Medicine and Co-PI for the Redes En Acción Northwest Regional Network Center; and Mr. Carlos Penilla of the University of California, San Francisco. Smoking kills an estimated 5 million people a year worldwide, including about 440,000 in the U.S. By the year 2030, it is estimated that this number will increase to 10 million per year worldwide, of whom most are smoking currently. The Internet Stop Smoking study has great potential for helping literally thousands of smokers to quit. The content of the intervention is based on the NCI-supported Guia Para Dejar de Fumar that was developed in 1987 and has been revised and updated four times. Previous studies by these researchers found quit rates at six months which are comparable to those found for the nicotine patch or for smoking cessation groups. And their quit rates were achieved solely via the Internet, at no cost to the smoker. The study is attempting to recruit 40,000 smokers worldwide and is particularly interested in reaching U.S. Latino smokers (English or Spanish speaking). The smoking cessation Web site can be found in English at www.stopsmoking.ucsf.edu or in Spanish at www.dejardefumar.ucsf.edu.