# Community Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2021 · $246,362

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
In Hawai‘i and Guam, Pacific Island Populations represent a highly underserved minority with
disproportionately high rates of lung, cervical, colorectal, liver, and oral cancers compared to other ethnic
populations in the US. Limited knowledge of cancer prevention, low rates of cancer screening, and unique high
risk behaviors such as tobacco and areca nut use contribute to the cancer health disparities found among
Pacific Island Populations. Also, Pacific Island Populations are highly underrepresented among cancer
researchers and cancer health care professionals. Culturally-grounded approaches to achieve parity in cancer
control are sorely needed, which is a focus of the Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity’s
(PIPCHE) Community Outreach Core. The objectives of the Community Outreach Core are to include Pacific
Island Populations’ community perspectives to assist and promote the research of the Partnership, build the
competencies of healthcare providers serving Pacific Island Populations, and help train new cadres of cancer
researchers and care providers from Pacific Island Populations. The Aims of Community Outreach Core are
to: 1) Provide an essential resource to PIPCHE research projects and to the Partnership overall, 2) Implement
evidence-based cancer prevention outreach, resources, and promotion of PIPCHE research, and 3) Assess
the Partnership’s capacity to design and implement culturally relevant research in Hawai‘i and Guam.
Achievement of these Aims is expected to lead to sustainable programs that seek to better understand,
address, and reduce cancer disparities and underrepresentation of cancer researchers in Hawai‘i and Guam’s
Pacific Island Populations. The long-term goal of the Community Outreach Core is to reduce barriers leading to
cancer disparities in Guam and Hawai‘i among Pacific Island Populations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10266804
- **Project number:** 5U54CA143727-12
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** Kevin Darryl Cassel
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $246,362
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2009-09-28 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10266804

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10266804, Community Outreach Core (5U54CA143727-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10266804. Licensed CC0.

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