Title:
Exploratory Grants for Increasing the Utilization and Impact of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service (R21)(New RFA)

Contact:

Linda Squiers, Ph.D.
Office of Communication, Cancer Information Service Program
National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Blvd, Room 3029, MSC 8322
Bethesda, MD 20892-8322 (for U.S. Postal Service express or regular mail)
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service)
Telephone: (301) 594-9075
E-mail: squiersl@mail.nih.gov

Contact:

Bradford Hesse, Ph.D.
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Blvd., Room 4068, MSC 7365
Bethesda, MD 20892-7365 (for U.S. Postal Service express or regular mail)
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service)
Telephone: (301) 594-9904

Objective of Project:

The purpose of this RFA is to promote innovative research and to develop and test national, regional, or community-based interventions that increase the utilization and assess the impact of scientifically accurate and up-to-date cancer information delivered through existing cancer information resources. Specifically, this RFA was developed to stimulate research that explores effective messages, channels, outreach, promotional strategies, or other interventions that increase the utilization and impact of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service (CIS) by underserved populations. For the purposes of this RFA, underserved populations are defined as those who experience social inequities. Examples of domains related to social inequality include insurance status, socioeconomic position, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, gender, age, sexuality, language spoken, literacy, disability, geography (urban/rural), and housing status. Of special interest is formative research that explores how to engage health care providers, especially those serving the underserved populations, in using and referring patients to the CIS for relevant prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship information and education. In addition, studies that test the delivery of strategies that connect underserved populations to the CIS through established organizations, networks, and/or advocacy groups are desired. The research should be conducted in collaboration with at least one CIS contractor/regional office.


Description of Project:

For the purposes of this RFA, underserved populations are defined as those who experience social inequities. Examples of domains related to social inequality include insurance status, socioeconomic position, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, gender, age, sexuality, language spoken, literacy, disability, geography (urban/rural), and housing status. Of special interest is formative research that explores how to engage health care providers, especially those serving the underserved populations, in using and referring patients to the CIS for relevant prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship information and education. In addition, studies that test the delivery of strategies that connect underserved populations to the CIS through established organizations, networks, and/or advocacy groups are desired. The research should be conducted in collaboration with at least one CIS contractor/regional office.