Abstract 2554: A health and justice lab to address cancer related health disparities and social determinants of health in marginalized communities: The Cancer Health Justice Lab

N. Smith, Sarah Malarkey, Pamela Valera, Luis Alzate-Duque, Humberto Baquerizo
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Background: The cancer health justice lab [CHJL] formed in 2019, is a multidisciplinary lab comprised of underrepresented undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students and diverse professionals in public health, social work, nutrition, medicine, nursing, and criminal justice. Using a social determinants of health framework, CHJL focuses on mentoring and training students from underrepresented backgrounds to increase participation in cancer health disparities research and practice. Methods: In collaboration with the Northeast Regional Alliance HCOP Academy Program (NERA), a program that supports minority and economically disadvantaged undergraduate and high school students interested in health careers, and the Rutgers Bloustein School of Public Policy and Planning, CHJL recruits 3-4 interns per semester. Didactics include leading journal clubs focusing on social determinants of health, health disparities, adverse childhood experiences, and health equity topics. Responsibilities include developing, designing, and implementing a community-based initiative that serves vulnerable populations, grant writing, and peer-reviewed article publications in high impact journals. Results: CHJL currently has 24 members - 14 members are active, including seven interns. Two former interns have been hired as research assistants and are currently pursuing a master's degree in public health. Past members are pursuing postgraduate level education in public health and biomedical sciences. CHJL has generated seven peer-reviewed articles on areas including: systematic reviews of digital cancer education, mental health and social ties of people who are incarcerated and implementing evidence-based practices in state prisons. Current projects include research to understand smoking and vaping behaviors among sexual and gender minority groups;Cancer 101 videos, a short video on COVID-19 for Spanish speakers;auto-complete searches language bias in COVID-19, medication-assisted treatment in jails, group-based counseling, and smoking cessation treatment in prisons, and colorectal cancer screening in urban populations. Conclusion: CHJL addresses health inequities through education, mentoring, advocacy, training, and research. It serves as a model to increase diversity in the health-related workforce and a mechanism for historically underrepresented groups in medicine and public health to contribute to science. This multidisciplinary approach may be useful in educating the next generation of public health and health-related professionals. Furthermore, CHJL could serve as a venue to reduce social isolation and feelings of otherness that may contribute to health inequities.
摘要2554:解决边缘化社区癌症相关健康差异和健康社会决定因素的健康与正义实验室:癌症健康正义实验室
背景:癌症健康司法实验室[CHJL]成立于2019年,是一个多学科实验室,由代表性不足的本科生、研究生和研究生以及公共卫生、社会工作、营养、医学、护理和刑事司法领域的各种专业人士组成。利用健康的社会决定因素框架,CHJL侧重于指导和培训来自代表性不足背景的学生,以增加对癌症健康差异研究和实践的参与。方法:CHJL与东北地区联盟HCOP学院计划(NERA)合作,该计划支持少数民族和经济弱势的本科生和高中生对卫生事业感兴趣,Rutgers Bloustein公共政策与规划学院,每学期招募3-4名实习生。教学活动包括关注健康的社会决定因素、健康差异、不良童年经历和健康公平主题的主要期刊俱乐部。职责包括开发、设计和实施一个以社区为基础的倡议,为弱势群体服务,资助写作,并在高影响力期刊上发表同行评议的文章。结果:CHJL现有成员24人,活跃成员14人,其中实习生7人。两名前实习生被聘为研究助理,目前正在攻读公共卫生硕士学位。过去的成员正在攻读公共卫生和生物医学科学的研究生水平的教育。CHJL已经发表了七篇同行评议的文章,涉及的领域包括:数字癌症教育的系统审查、被监禁者的心理健康和社会关系,以及在州监狱实施循证实践。目前的项目包括研究了解性少数群体和性别少数群体的吸烟和电子烟行为;癌症101视频,为讲西班牙语的人制作的关于COVID-19的短视频;自动完成搜索COVID-19的语言偏见,监狱中的药物辅助治疗,基于小组的咨询和监狱中的戒烟治疗,以及城市人群的结肠直肠癌筛查。结论:CHJL通过教育、指导、宣传、培训和研究解决卫生不公平问题。它是增加与卫生有关的工作人员多样性的典范,也是医学和公共卫生领域历来代表性不足的群体为科学做出贡献的机制。这种多学科方法可能有助于教育下一代公共卫生和与卫生有关的专业人员。此外,CHJL可以作为减少可能导致卫生不平等的社会孤立和他者感的场所。
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