About the California Breast Cancer Research Program's Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Awards
The California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) is the largest state-funded breast cancer research effort in the nation. Breast cancer advocates played a leading role in passing the 1993 legislation that established the program. The CBCRP is under the administration of the University of California. The Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Awards, developed in 1997, bring community members and experienced research scientists together to study breast cancer related issues that are of interest to both.
The CRC Awards require a partnership between community members (such as breast cancer advocacy organizations, community clinics, organizations serving women with breast cancer, or organizations serving communities of women affected by the disease) and research scientists.The partnership works together to identify the research question, develop the research plan, carry out the research, interpret the results, and disseminate information to the community. Between 1997 and 2001, the CBCRP funded 22 collaborative projects for a total of nearly $10 million.
CRC Funded Awards and Research Teams
1997 Pilot Awards“A Community-Based Workbook for Helping Rural Cancer Patients”Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Cancer Center & Stanford University “Increasing Annual Recall in State Early Detection Programs” CHG Foundation & San Diego State University Foundation “Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Lesbian & Heterosexual Women” Lyon Martin Women's Health Services & University of California, San Francisco “The Efficacy of a Retreat for Low-Income Women with Breast Cancer” Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic & California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute “Breast Screening Program in the Hmong American Community” University of California, Los Angeles & Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Health Alliance 1998 Pilot Awards“Marin County Breast Cancer Study of Adolescent Risk Factors”Marin Breast Cancer Watch & University of California, San Francisco “Study of Inadequate Followup of Mammography Abnormalities” Bay View-Hunter's Point Health Care Task Force, San Francisco Department of Public Health & University of California, San Francisco 1998 Full Awards“Samoans and Breast Cancer: Evaluating a Theory-based Program”National Office of Samoan Affairs & University of California, Irvine “Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Lesbian and Heterosexual Women” Lyon Martin Women’s Health Services & University of California, San Francisco “Increasing Breast Health Access for Women With Disabilities” Alta Bates Foundation & Northern California Cancer Center “Do Community Cancer Support Groups Reduce Physiologic Stress?” The Wellness Community-National & Stanford University |
1999 Full Awards“Marin County Breast Cancer Study of Adolescent Risk Factors”Marin Breast Cancer Watch & University of California, San Francisco “Breast Health Project for Hmong Women and Men” University of California, Los Angeles & Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Health Alliance “A Support Group Alternative for Rural and Isolated Women” Stanford University & Sierra College 1999 Pilot Award“Returning to Work and Quality of Life after Breast Cancer”University of California, San Francisco & Women’s Cancer Resource Center 2000 Pilot Award“Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis?”WomenCare & Stanford University 2001 Pilot Awards“Breast Cancer Prevention and Control Among Deaf Women”University of California, Los Angeles & Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc. “Efficacy of a Community Program in Increasing Access to STAR” University of California, Los Angeles & Association of Black Women Physicians 2001 Full Awards“Effectiveness of Internet vs. Face to Face Support Groups”University of California, San Francisco & The Wellness Community-National “Return to Work after Breast Cancer Surgery” University of California, San Francisco & Women's Cancer Resource Center “A Network-Based Intervention for Chamorros in Southern CA” Guam Communications Network, Inc.& University of California, Irvine “Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis?” WomenCare & Stanford University |
