Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network is a National Cancer Institute-funded initiative to combat cancer among Latinos. Redes En Acción has built a national network of community-based organizations, research institutions, government health agencies and the public. Core activities include promoting training and research opportunities for Latino students and researchers, generating research projects on key Latino cancer issues, and supporting cancer awareness activities in Latino communities.
Redes Offers New Training Videos
Redes En Acción has released three videos on cancer issues and research methods used to train Redes En Acción researchers and patient navigators in Miami and San Antonio and Austin, Texas, who are involved in a study examining how patient navigators who use the LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation Services Program can improve the quality of life of Latino breast, colorectal and prostate cancer survivors.
The videos are designed specifically for the study, but the videos may be useful in any patient navigator studies involving Latinos.
Watch Video 1, Video 2 and Video 3 on YouTube.
Redes Offers 'Patient Navigator Manual' in English and Spanish
Patient navigators can help “navigate” underserved Latinos through the often-complex healthcare system and remove barriers to timely, quality care.
That’s why Redes En Acción created A Patient Navigation Manual for Latino Audiences: The Redes En Acción Experience, a guide to help health organizations develop patient navigation services for Latinos. Check out the manual in English or Spanish.
The manual defines navigation, explains six steps to decide if navigation is right for an organization, and offers important considerations and templates for implementing a patient navigation program.
“We are excited to offer, for free, this guide to help healthcare providers and groups integrate patient navigation into their scope of services,” said Redes En Acción Director Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez. “We have found that patient navigation is a successful strategy to reduce barriers faced by the Latino population."
Also Available Online . . .
- Redes Gets $5.6M Grant: After a decade of success in reducing Latino cancer through research, training and education, San Antonio-based Redes En Acción: The National Hispanic/Latino Cancer Research Network has received a new $5.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities to bolster and expand its cancer-fighting efforts. Read here.
- NSC Report 2010 Now Available: The report of the 10th Annual Redes En Acción National Steering Committee (NSC) Meeting is now available for viewing. This year's meeting highlighted Redes' achievements in research, training and awareness over the past decade to help reduce cancer disparities among Latino populations. To view a video about Redes' 10 years of cancer control activities, go here. To view a copy of the 2010 NSC Report, go here.
- LAF Launches Spanish-Language Website: The Lance Armstrong Foundation recently launched www.livestrong.org/espanol to provide Spanish information on the common physical, emotional and day-to-day concerns of Hispanic/Latino cancer survivors.