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Empowering Filipinos to Address Cancer Disparities
Hawai‘i leads the nation with 41.6% of its 1.2 million population reporting
an Asian heritage.Source: U.S. Census 2000
Asians41.6%
Other Groups58.4%
AANCART Hawai’iCancer Needs Assessment
Filipinos are the second largest Asian group in the nation
Source: U.S. Census 2000
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Asian IndianVietnamese
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California New York New Jersey Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i has the fourth largest percentage of foreign-born residents in the U.S. by state.
Source: U.S. Census 2000
Filipinos comprise the largest immigrant group in Hawai‘i, compared to all the other immigrant groups combined.
Source: U.S. Census 2000
Chinese9%
Koreans5%
Vietnamese2%
Mexicans, Central/South
Americans2%
People from Other
Countries, Including
Pacific Island Nations21%
Filipinos61%
AANCART-HI 2003 Cancer Needs Assessment Showed Disparities between
Foreign-born Asians, U.S.-born Asians, and CaucasiansIn Cancer Screening, Late Stage Diagnosis, and Mortality
Percentage of Combined Lung, Breast, and Prostate Cancer Cases Diagnosed among Hawai'i's Asian Groups
1995-2000Source: Hawai‘i Tumor Registry, University of Hawai‘ii, Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i,
2001
58.2%
17.5%13.7%
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Filipinos Japanese ChineseEthnicity
Community LeadersRefineCancer 101Curriculum
Cancer 101 empowers people to:
Tell their own story about
cancer disparities.
Recommendstrategies and
partnerships to close the gap
between research discovery
and service delivery.
New Opportunitiesas result of capacity building
forums
• AANCART research partnerships to increase mammography July 2004 – Conducted Filipino Physicians Focus Group, funded by Filipino Independent Physicians AssociationApril-May 2005 – Filipino Women’s Focus Group, funded by HMSA grant in collaboration with Queen’s Medical Center
New Opportunitiesas result of capacity building
forumsAANCART research partnerships to
increase mammography June-Oct. 2005Develop HMSA proposal to conduct
community participatory pilot research project to test cancer education interventions
Oct. 2005 – Dec. 2006Test cancer education intervention with 25
Filipino IPA providers’ practices: 1. Control - physician reminders, media
messages2. Physician reminders, media messages,
fliers, brochures3. Physician reminders, media messages,
fliers, brochures, incentives
Capacity Building Progress• Appointed AANCART-HI
Community Representative
• Establish AANCART Advisory Council
• Identify, link prospective AANCART junior researchers and cancer training mechanisms
• Coordinated AANCART Report to Community with unveiling of HCCCP and early detection priorities
Filipino Adults Who Are Current Smokers by Age
Source: Hawai‘i State Dept. of Health, Community Health Division, BRFSS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000
24%
21%
18%
22%
14%
6%
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30%
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
As part of the Filipino Centennial, Hawai’i will host the Annual AANCART Clinical Directors Meeting
March 2006