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PARTNERSHIPS
Community outreach and engagement has been a fundamental activity of NCI-designated cancer centers since the initiation of the Cancer Centers program in 1971 . As an NCI-designated cancer center , we seek to establish partnerships with trusted community-based organizations and cancer stakeholders , who conduct activities in the areas of research , education , patient care , and community outreach to address the cancer disparities in Hawai ‘ i and the USAPI .
CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE
The NCI launched the Cancer Information Service ( CIS ) ( 1-800-4-CANCER ) in 1976 to provide the public with the latest and most accurate cancer information . The CIS Pacific region phone line was established in 1978 as part of the Cancer Research Center of Hawai ‘ i ’ s Cancer Control Program . To address growing cancer disparities , the CIS expanded service to include an outreach and dissemination component in the early 1980s and became CIS Hawai ‘ i . Beginning in 2000 , CIS services to the USAPI were initiated .
The CIS provided health education , training , capacity building , program planning for healthy lifestyles , cancer risk reduction , and increased screening and early detection . Throughout its 26-year history , the CIS-Pacific Region was involved with many successful projects and initiatives due to valued partnerships across the U . S . Pacific and in Hawai ‘ i . The NCI ended the program in 2010 due to advances in internet communications .
CIS IMPACT :
1995 : COMPLETED THE WAI ‘ ANAE CANCER RESEARCH PROJECT , A COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT , WHICH EXAMINED EFFECTS OF TAILORED INTERVENTION TO INCREASE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN NATIVE HAWAIIANS .
2000 : CIS COLLABORATION WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND LOCAL CANCER CONTROL ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP KA LŌKAHI WĀHINE : THE HEALTHY BALANCE OF WOMEN , A SERIES OF TOOLS PROVIDING NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS .
CROSSROADS — AN ORIGINAL TOBACCO PREVENTION DRAMA FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS — REACHED OVER 4,000 YOUTH THROUGH PERFORMANCES IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE , A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH KALIHI-PALAMA HEALTH CENTER AND SUPPORTED BY THE HAWAI ‘ I COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND HAWAI ‘ I COMPREHENSIVE CANCER COALITION ’ S PREVENTION ACTION TEAM .
CIS ADVISED 11 FEDERALLY-FUNDED COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL PROGRAMS AND ASSUMED LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ON THE HAWAI ‘ I COMPREHENSIVE CANCER COALITION AND ITS VARIOUS COMMITTEES .
IN TOBACCO CONTROL , CIS LED EARLY EFFORTS IN CESSATION AS A MEMBER OF THE COALITION FOR A TOBACCO-FREE HAWAI ‘ I , AND ADVISED ON THE LAUNCH OF HAWAI ‘ I ’ S STATE QUITLINE .