Though there has been some progress in the fight against cancer, minority populations as a whole continue to suffer high rates of cancer morbidity and mortality. Low socio-economic status, education, income, lack of insurance, cultural and linguistic barriers, all play a role in preventing individuals from receiving accessible, affordable, quality health care. Our challenge as public health professionals, will be to reduce, if not eliminate, these racial and ethnic disparities in health status. My goal, therefore, will be to focus on issues of health care access, health insurance coverage, and quality of care with respect to cancer prevention, early detection and treatment as they pertain to socioeconomically, disadvantaged communities.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
5F31CA090204-02
Application #
6514924
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BBBP-1 (06))
Program Officer
Bini, Alessandra M
Project Start
2002-03-01
Project End
Budget Start
2002-03-01
Budget End
2003-02-28
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$24,863
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Los Angeles
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
119132785
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90095
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