# Community Health Educator Supplement to Cancer Center Support Grant

> **NIH NIH P30** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $115,000

## Abstract

Although generally affluent, Connecticut is characterized by extreme differences in socio-
economic status between urban and suburban/rural populations. Non-white populations live
primarily in poor urban areas. These are the areas in which we observe disparities in cancer
screening and access to clinical trials. The objective of this proposal is to complete the work that
is associated with 2 National Outreach Network (NON) initiatives: 1) Increase knowledge about
and awareness of clinical trials in at-risk communities and facilitate access for cancer patients
who are underrepresented in the YCC clinical trial portfolio; 2) Increase colorectal cancer (CRC)
screening in the YCC catchment population by implementing Phase 2 of the NCI’s Screen to
Save (S2S) program. Adapting to the constraints associated with COVID-19 pandemic,
including working remotely, revised Specific Aims are:
1) Launch Virtual Clinical Trial Education Intervention
 a. Complete a minimum of 150* pre- and post- assessments from target communities
 b. Connect interested parties to Yale Clinical Trial Office using existing infrastructure;
 complete follow up to evaluate linkages to care
2) Launch Virtual Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening education intervention
 a. Complete a minimum of 150* pre- and post- assessments from individuals who are due or
 overdue for CRC screening in a large primary care setting (Cornell Scott Hill House Health
 Center [FQHC])
 b. Complete follow up surveys at 3 and 6 months to ascertain compliance and intention to
screen
 c. Collect follow up information from EPIC at one year to assess uptake, completion, and
 clinical follow through of CRC screening
Transition to virtual implementation has required new strategies: 1) creation of CAPE: Cancer
Action Prevention Engagement, a virtual infrastructure using social media and website for
engagement, outreach, education, & research; 2) Build out of 2 REDCap databases, adapted
written surveys for REDCap, in Spanish and English, REDCap self-training. A novel adaptation
is that Aim 2 (S2S, Phase II) is embedded in a larger CRC screening implementation study
testing the uptake of screening in this intervention arm (education) compared with 3 other
evidence-based interventions to increase CRC screening.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10372570
- **Project number:** 3P30CA016359-42S3
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Nita Ahuja
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $115,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-07-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10372570

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10372570, Community Health Educator Supplement to Cancer Center Support Grant (3P30CA016359-42S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10372570. Licensed CC0.

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