Ma Grace X, Tan Yin, Toubbeh Jamil I, Edwards Rosita L, Shive Steven E, Siu Philip, Wang Ping, Fang Carolyn Y
Center for Asian Health, Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122-0843, USA.
Cancer. 2006 Oct 15;107(8 Suppl):1995-2005. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22150.
Asian Americans are the fastest growing and the second largest foreign-born ethnic group in the United States. Cancer is a leading cause of death among Asian Americans. The Asian Tobacco Education and Cancer Awareness Research (ATECAR) Special Population Network, Center for Asian Health, aimed to reduce or eliminate cancer health disparities in these diverse, underserved populations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and New York. The ATECAR logic model was adapted from a variety of conceptual frameworks to develop and implement the network's multifaceted cancer health disparities research, training, awareness, and outreach programs. The model was the basis for the developmental phases of the network that included (1) needs assessment, infrastructure, and partnership building; (2) intervention research, training, and mentorship; and (3) evaluation, dissemination, and diffusion. Community involvement occurred at every operational level to ensure program and network sustainability. Between 2000 and 2005, the ATECAR network consisted of 88 partners, representing a cross-section of Asian communities, academia, cancer centers, and health service agencies, ensuring a viable infrastructure for the network's multidimensional cancer health disparities programs. ATECAR's research covered tobacco control, cancer prevention and intervention, and clinical trials. More than 22 research projects were conducted and their results disseminated in peer-reviewed journals. ATECAR also trained 76 junior researchers and special population investigators and 1014 community professionals in disparity issues. ATECAR's multimedia cancer awareness education program reached over 116,000 Asians. The ATECAR network's achievements have had a profound impact on Asian Americans and established a trend toward reducing cancer health disparities, especially among underserved Asian Americans. Cancer 2006. (c) 2006 American Cancer Society.
亚裔美国人是美国增长最快且第二大的外国出生族裔群体。癌症是亚裔美国人的主要死因之一。亚洲烟草教育与癌症意识研究（ATECAR）特殊人群网络，即亚洲健康中心，旨在减少或消除宾夕法尼亚州、新泽西州、特拉华州和纽约州这些多样化、服务不足人群中的癌症健康差距。ATECAR逻辑模型改编自各种概念框架，以制定和实施该网络多方面的癌症健康差距研究、培训、意识提升及外展项目。该模型是网络发展阶段的基础，这些阶段包括：（1）需求评估、基础设施建设和伙伴关系建立；（2）干预研究、培训和指导；（3）评估、传播和扩散。社区参与贯穿于每个运营层面，以确保项目和网络的可持续性。在2000年至2005年期间，ATECAR网络由88个合作伙伴组成，代表了亚洲社区、学术界、癌症中心和卫生服务机构的各个层面，为该网络的多维癌症健康差距项目确保了一个可行的基础设施。ATECAR的研究涵盖烟草控制、癌症预防与干预以及临床试验。开展了22多个研究项目，其结果在同行评审期刊上发表。ATECAR还培训了76名初级研究人员和特殊人群调查员以及1014名社区专业人员了解差距问题。ATECAR的多媒体癌症意识教育项目覆盖了超过116,000名亚洲人。ATECAR网络的成就对亚裔美国人产生了深远影响，并开创了减少癌症健康差距的趋势，尤其是在服务不足的亚裔美国人中。《癌症》2006年。（c）2006年美国癌症协会。
