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Combining telecommunications and interactive multimedia health information on the electronic superhighway.

This paper describes a unique system of providing health education in community-based settings. This project combines the structure of a telecommunications delivery system with the appeal of a colorful interactive educational program to produce a new type of "telemultimedia" program. Learners in two rural areas of Colorado can enter the electronic world of the information superhighway by way of the Denver Free-Net at The University Colorado Health Science Center in Denver; they can access The Healthy Touch Series of multimedia programs on maternal-infant health from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. This educational journey connects the learner with electronic devices in all three sites in a seamless interconnection of hardware and software. The journey was made possible by funding from The Colorado Trust and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

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Increasing access to clinical and educational studies.

In 2001, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) provided funds to support the Increasing Access to Clinical and Educational Studies (ACES) Project of the Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia. The ACES Project enabled the Center to engage in the systematic development of approaches for reducing cancer health disparities among African Americans in Philadelphia. This project brought together community partners, clinical partners, cancer prevention and control experts, and staff from an NCI-designated cancer center to develop and implement a community-based outreach education program, a special populations investigator (SPI) training program, and SPI pilot studies in cancer screening and clinical trials participation. At the end of 5 years, the ACES Project had 1) organized a steering committee, expert panel, and a network of community collaborators and clinical partners; 2) implemented a clinical trials education program for community-based nurses, lay health advocates active in community organizations, and health ministries in community churches; 3) mentored 4 SPIs in cancer prevention and control research; 4) completed SPI pilot studies; and 5) leveraged these activities to gain support for cancer health disparities related research. The Project established a successful dialogue between an NCI-designated cancer center and the African American population related to cancer research, and enabled SPIs from the community to adapt evidence-informed interventions for application in cancer prevention and control research. Lessons learned from the Project can guide the implementation of such projects in the future. Cancer 2006. (c) 2006 American Cancer Society.

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