 In examining what works and does not work in health care, AHRQ's mission includes both translating research findings into better patient care and providing policymakers and other health care leaders with information needed to make critical health care decisions.
Knowledge and Access to Information on Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations to Cancer Clinical Trials - June 2005
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/evidence_report/recruit_7-7.pdf
Barriers to recruiting underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: A systematic review Jean G. Ford, Mollie W. Howerton, Gabriel Y. Lai, Tiffany L. Gary, Shari Bolen, M. Chris Gibbons, Jon Tilburt, Charles Baffi, Teerath Peter Tanpitukpongse, Renee F. Wilson, Neil R. Powe, Eric B. Bass. Cancer 2007.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/116844596/HTMLSTART
Howerton M, Gibbons C, Baffi C, Gary T, Lai G, Bolen S, Tilburt J, Tanpitukpongse T, Wilson R, Powe N, Bass E, Ford J. Provider Roles in the Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations to Cancer Clinical Trials. Cancer 2007; 109(3)465 – 476.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/114033753/PDFSTART
Bolen S, Tilburt J, Baffi C, Gary T, Powe N, Howerton M, Ford J, Lai G, Wilson R, Bass E. Defining "Success" in Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations to Cancer Clinical Trials: Moving Toward a More Consistent Approach. Cancer 2006;106 (6):1197-1204.
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/Bolenetal2006
Lai G, Gary T, Tilburt J, Bolen S, Baffi C, Wilson R, Howerton M, Gibbons C, Tanpitukpongse T, Powe N, Bass E, Ford J. Effectiveness of strategies to recruit underrepresented populations into cancer clinical trials Clinical Trials 2006; 3: 1 33-141
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/Laieta2006.pdf
Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Modify Physical Activity Behaviors in General Populations and Cancer Patients and Survivors - June 2004
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/evidence_report.html
Dissemination and Diffusion of Evidence-based Cancer Control Interventions - May 2003
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/canconsum.htm
Impact of Cancer-Related Decision Aids - July 2002
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/caaidsum.htm
Recommendation on Breast Cancer Screening - February 2002
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/breastcancer/transcripta.htm
Efficacy of Interventions to Modify Dietary Behavior Related to Cancer Risk - November 2000
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/dietsumm.htm
Printed copies of these reports may be obtained free of charge from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse by calling 800-358-9295.
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