# Exploring Social Networks and Social Capital for Cancer Screening among Minorities in Public Housing

> **NIH NIH K01** · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2020 · $170,254

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Only one in four adults aged 50-64 have received the core set of preventive services (i.e., mammography,
colonoscopy, influenza vaccination). As the baby boomer generation continues to get older, there will be a
need for greater understanding regarding how people “age in place” and for interventions to support healthy
aging in place, especially among the most vulnerable members of our society. Leveraging the positive benefits
of social capital and social networks in these groups may be useful in the promotion of cancer screening
interventions, but little research has examined and tested this hypothesis. Thus, the specific aims are to: (1)
identify barriers and facilitators to social capital for cancer screening in public housing from the perspective of
public housing resident leaders; (2) describe the social networks of low-income public housing residents
minorities aged 50-75 years old for cancer prevention behaviors; and (3) develop and pilot test a peer-led
intervention to promote cancer prevention behaviors among public housing residents to determine feasibility
and sample size estimates for a future randomized clinical trial (RCT). The proposed research is directly
relevant to the candidate's career goals and objectives and will be used to build a program of research to
develop interventions to reduce cancer disparities in minorities while strengthening the candidate's training in
four new areas. The candidate's immediate career goals are to obtain further specialized training in: (1) social
network analysis, (2) multi-level modeling, (3) health policy and (4) intervention development and randomized
clinical trial design so that she may successfully execute proposed study goals. Given the institution's high-
quality research environment and resources, and with the guidance of the experienced mentoring team, Dr. Sly
will have the support and resources necessary to successfully pursue the proposed research and training
aims. Over the course of the five-year funding period, she will participate in ongoing one-on-one weekly and
twice monthly meetings with each of her mentors, complete formal coursework/workshops and interactive
training activities offered at her institution including grand rounds, work-in-progress research meetings, and
journal clubs, submit a minimum of ten first author manuscripts for publication in high impact, peer-reviewed
journals and attend nationally recognized research conferences to foster national networks with researchers in
the field of cancer prevention and control. This multimodal training plan will provide the comprehensive skills
needed to achieve her research aims and professional goal of becoming an independent scholar. The results
of the proposed study will be used to test a future RCT of the developed intervention aimed at increasing
cancer prevention behaviors in minorities. The long term goal of the proposed research will be to disseminate
the intervention, in partnership with comm...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10002206
- **Project number:** 5K01CA204456-05
- **Recipient organization:** ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
- **Principal Investigator:** Jamilia Raki Sly
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $170,254
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-15 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10002206

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10002206, Exploring Social Networks and Social Capital for Cancer Screening among Minorities in Public Housing (5K01CA204456-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10002206. Licensed CC0.

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