Cancer Disparity FLASCO April 2021 Cancer Health Disparity
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Cancer Disparity FLASCO April 2021
Cancer Health Disparity- NCI definition The Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act-2000 • Differences between POPULATION groups in cancer measures -Incidence -Prevalence -Morbidity -Mortality -Survivorship -Quality of life after cancer treatment -Burden of cancer or related health conditions -Screening rates -Stage at diagnosis
Social determinants of health • “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age”- WHO definition • Poverty, culture, social inequity affect medical condition
National Cancer Act of 1971 • nation’s second leading cause of death by 1970 • President Nixon described the “war on cancer” Federal Timelines to Narrow Cancer Disparity 1990 NIH Office of Minority Programs (OMP) established 1993 NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 • establish guidelines for inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research 2000 NIH Strategic Research Plan and Budget to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities 2001 NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012 • Develop framework for research of "recalcitrant cancers" 5 -yr survival < 50% • as pancreatic cancer and four types of lung cancer 5 -yr survival rate < 20% Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 • reduce barriers to access to federally funded cancer clinical trials from individuals from underrepresented populations.
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week Third week of April every year signed into law April 1987 House Joint Resolution 119 part of National Minority Health Month
Health Disparity- Health Equality-Health Equity
Disparity Dialogue • Awareness • Education • Research • Workforce Diversity • Advocacy Impact- What can I do?
https: //health. gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/cancer
