Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #114918

Edilma Guevara, DrPH¹, Lilian Alvarez², Kellie Buchanan, PhD³, James S. Goodwin, MD⁴, and Billy Philips, PhD¹. (1) Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1153, (409) 772-2335, eguevara@utmb.edu, (2) Preventive Medicine & Community Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 775755-1153, (3) Coastal AHEC, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-1153, (4) Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0460

African American and Hispanic women living in rural counties in Texas are more likely to die from cancer due to late cancer detection. To reduce the stage at which breast and colorectal cancer is found in one of these Texas counties with high cancer mortality, a community-based participatory research project was initiated in 2004. The use of the Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) as the framework facilitated the participation of the community leaders in the development of the community health profile, the recognition of cancer as a health priority, and the establishment of the Cancer Awareness Network (CAN) coalition. Researchers and CAN members have analyzed available community data, identified resources, and developed an action plan. This paper presents the CHIP model and its integration into community and academic institution goals as well as the use of an evidence-based decision-making approach. This presentation will illustrate why this county is an exemplar, highlight the useful baseline measures of health status, and describe the steps of the CHIP model linked to specific outcomes achieved in this collaborative project. This project has been conducted as part of the NCI grant # P50CA105631.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the presentation, the participant will be able to (
• discuss the application of the CHIP model and the steps followed in the development of community partnerships to decrease cancer health disparities.

Keywords: Community-Based Partnership, Breast Cancer Screening

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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