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  • Precision Clinical Trial Recruitment to Promote Cancer Health Equity Across Florida Jacksonville, Fla.

    The purpose of this study is to qualitatively examine, via individual and group interviews, a tailored intervention utilizing virtual human technology to improve communication with rural and ethnic/racial minority patients and their willingness to participate in clinical research as an ultimate means to increase the diversity of NCI-sponsored clinical trials. Virtual human technology uses computerized agents with a human-like body and naturalistic dialogue to deliver educational information and model behaviors. Virtual human technology is used in a variety of health contexts and has the potential to increase the diversity of NCI-sponsored clinical trials by reducing common barriers to NCI-sponsored clinical trials participation like cultural mismatch and knowledge gaps about clinical research.
  • Precision Clinical Trial Recruitment to Promote Cancer Health Equity Across Florida Jacksonville, Fla.

    The purpose of this study is to quantitatively examine, via a post-test only survey, a tailored intervention utilizing virtual human technology (VHT) to improve communication with rural and ethnic/racial minority patients and their willingness to participate in clinical research as an ultimate means to increase the diversity of NCI-sponsored clinical trials (CCTs). 
  • Reducing Colorectal Cancer Disparities Through an Evidence-Based Integration of Screening Interventions and Biospecimen Collection Jacksonville, Fla.

    The purpose of this study is to evaluate the integration of cancer genetic testing into a cancer clinical practice aimed towards patients of various ethnic populations in Arizona and Florida – including, but not limited to, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaskan, African American, and Asian by self-report. 

     

     
  • Tailoring Recruitment Communication Using Virtual Human Technology to Increase Participation of Older Minority Adults in Clinical Trials Jacksonville, Fla.

    The purpose of this study is to result in adaptable, minimally tailored virtual human technology (VHT) recruitment intervention for increasing older adult minority participation rates in active NIH-funded clinical trials (CTs).

     

     
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