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[PA-33] The Deep South Network for Cancer ControlFrancine Huckaby, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
1530 - 3rd Avenue South, LNB 1001, Birmingham, AL, 35294
The Deep South Network for Cancer Control is a project that truly exemplifies the phrase "Closing the Health Gap Together." The overall goal of the project is to establish a sustainable community infrastructure in order to promote cancer awareness, increase cancer screenings, enhance minority participation in clinical trials, promote the development of minority cancer researchers and develop innovative community-based cancer control measures to effectively reduce the mortality gap between African Americans and Caucasians. The Deep South Network is able to achieve this goal by building upon existing partnerships and creating new ones.
Key partners include the University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Southern Mississippi, Jackson State University, Tuskegee University, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (Alabama and Mississippi), National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service, Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, American Cancer Society, state/local health departments, public libraries, churches and other community-based organizations. These organizations work very closely with over 700 Community Health Advisors that have been trained in the past two years. The project targets two rural areas - the Alabama Black Belt (11 counties) and the Mississippi Delta (20 counties); and two urban areas - Jefferson County, Alabama and Forrest/Jones County, Mississippi.
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Date: July 10-12, 2002
Location: Hilton Hotel & Towers, Washington, DC
Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health / Office of Public Health and Science
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