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Hispanic, Asian, and African Americans are disproportionately affected by liver cancer, viral hepatitis B (HBV), and viral hepatitis C (HCV), in part because of barriers to liver cancer awareness and prevention. We implemented a community-based, culturally tailored initiative to raise awareness and promote uptake of behaviors for liver cancer prevention, early diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment. Guided by community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles and built on well-established collaboration with community-based organizations, we actively engaged the community advisory board (CAB), community health workers, and community members in multiple phases of (1) a community-based educational initiative, (2) a city-wide bus campaign, and (3) community health fairs. This multilevel initiative saw notable changes in community members’ knowledge of liver cancer, viral hepatitis, lifestyle behaviors like dietary patterns, and uptake of screening tests for HBV/HCV. Additionally, the comprehensive engagement of CAB, healthcare workers, and community members significantly benefited community capacity building on cancer research and health promotion. These CBPR-guided community initiatives had remarkable positive impacts on promoting liver cancer awareness and prevention among underserved racial/ethnic minorities. The academic–community relationships built on and strengthened through shared power, mutual respect, and trust serve as the foundation for sustainable community growth and empowerment.
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Collaboration;
Curricula;
Medical diagnosis;
Empowerment;
Consciousness;
Cancer;
Health disparities;
Participatory research;
African Americans;
Viruses;
Hispanic Americans;
Health initiatives;
Community;
Hepatitis C;
Hepatitis B;
Minority groups;
Interagency collaboration;
Health education;
Liver cancer;
Asian Americans;
Medical research;
Prevention;
Capacity building approach;
Community-based programs;
Community organizations;
Underserved populations;
Hepatitis;
Prevention programs;
Health services;
Health promotion;
Ethnic groups;
Community change;
Community research;
Workers;
Community health workers;
Blood diseases;
Medical screening;
Medical treatment;
Uptake;
Medical personnel;
Research
; Lu Wenyue 2 ; Ming-Chin, Yeh 3 ; Ma, Grace X 1
; González, Evelyn T 4 ; Traub, Kerry 2 ; Fraser, Marilyn A 5 ; Rubio-Torio Nathaly 6 ; Wong, Ada 7 ; Tan, Yin 2 1 Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3440 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; [email protected] (W.L.); [email protected] (G.X.M.); [email protected] (K.T.); [email protected] (Y.T.), Department of Urban Health and Population Science, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3440 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
2 Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3440 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; [email protected] (W.L.); [email protected] (G.X.M.); [email protected] (K.T.); [email protected] (Y.T.)
3 Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York, 2180 Third Ave., New York, NY 10035, USA; [email protected]
4 Office of Community Outreach, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; [email protected]
5 Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, 450 Clarkson Ave. # 1232, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11203, USA; [email protected]
6 Voces Latinas Inc., 37-63C 83rd St 2nd Floor, Jackson Heights, New York, NY 11372, USA; [email protected]
7 New York City Council, District 43, City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, USA; [email protected]