The National Cancer Act and its Amendments require that the """"""""Director of the National Cancer Institute shall provide and contract for a program to disseminate and interpret on a current basis, for practitioners and other health professional scientists, and the general public, scientific and other information respecting the cause, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer."""""""" The proposed project is a communications contract that aids the Office of Cancer Communications in its efforts to fulfill the mandate cited above. The support is needed to develop, implement, and evaluate the broadscale public information program of the OCC. Specifically these programs include: cancer prevention, patient education, and early detection. The contractor provides technical support service to create and implement such programs, and to improve communications approaches and techniques for motivating both the public and health professionals to take the necessary steps which would help: decrease the exposure of individuals and groups of people to cancer-causing agents; increase the use of early cancer detection techniques; and increase the use of improved diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation programs.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Office of The Director, NCI (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01CO064087-005
Application #
3624930
Study Section
Project Start
1986-05-12
Project End
1991-05-11
Budget Start
1987-08-13
Budget End
1988-08-13
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Prospect Associates, Ltd.
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Silver Spring
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
20901