# Research Practice Partnership: Supporting Nevada's Cancer Coalitions Priorities

> **NIH NIH P30** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2021 · $149,999

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
 The proposed project addresses a Nevada State Cancer Plan and Nevada Cancer Coalition (NCC) priority
area of tobacco—a priority area shared by multiple stakeholders across the state and who are included in the
project—while also affording NCC opportunities to grow its work disseminating evidence-based interventions
(EBI) and supporting healthcare systems in the implementation of EBIs. We now have state-wide funded
projects in Utah to address tobacco cessation (PCORI), colorectal cancer screening (CDC), HPV vaccination
(ACS), opioid use (NIH), and COVID-19 (NIH) with a similar set of partners (e.g., cancer coalition, state
department of health, primary care association, CHCs). Our vision is that the proposed project will build the
foundation for expanding Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and HCI’s Cancer Control and Population
Science’s research to Nevada in the same way.
 The proposed project is built around the EPIS framework and Research Practice Partnership model. It will
engage multiple partners and project team members, along with processes and procedures to increase
engagement with the Nevada Tobacco Quitline (NTQ) by implementing the EBI Ask-Advise-Connect in
Community Health Centers (CHC). Primary care is the largest platform for the delivery of health care and
provides an ideal setting to address tobacco cessation because there is an established relationship and
coordination of care. Moreover, tobacco use both nationwide and within Nevada has become increasingly
concentrated among individuals with low education, living in poverty, and the uninsured and unemployed. For
example, in Nevada individuals with an income level of $50,000 or more had a smoking prevalence of 12.6%
compared to a 22.2% prevalence among individuals making <$24,999.4 As such, CHCs, which serve patients
regardless of their ability to pay, are extraordinary venues for reaching underserved populations with evidence-
based treatment for tobacco cessation. The NTQ provides evidence-based treatment for tobacco use, but is
grossly underutilized with Nevada ranking among the lowest states in Quitline utilization at 1.4 callers
receiving medication/counseling for every 1000 tobacco users.5
 The project will include a systematic evaluation that gathers on-going feedback from partners/participants,
while also evaluating the effectiveness of the AAC adaptation and implementation using data available from the
CHCs, NTQ, and HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10407229
- **Project number:** 3P30CA042014-32S5
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** CORNELIA M ULRICH
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $149,999
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10407229

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10407229, Research Practice Partnership: Supporting Nevada's Cancer Coalitions Priorities (3P30CA042014-32S5). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10407229. Licensed CC0.

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