"Collaborative Partnerships in Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for American Indians" (PI: Seals; 1U57 DP003084).
On October 1, 2010, NACR was granted this 5-year project award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 4 tasks associated with this grant are described below.

1. Regional Conferences:
   As part of Native American Cancer Research Corporation's (NACR) ongoing CDC grant, we are coordinating 2 Regional meetings each grant year. NACR will be implementing and evaluating 10 Regional Planning Conferences / working meetings in collaboration with local public health professionals and organizations that actively work with American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) organizations and communities. The Map on this page highlights the locations of the Regional Conferences and the years for implementation (year 01=2011; year 02=2012, etc.);
       For more information on these Regional Conferences, please click here.
   



2. NACR will address gaps in AIAN cultural awareness materials (including designing, developing, and distributing AIAN cultural appropriate public education and awareness materials. This includes one Native Wellness booklet annually and one case study annually.
   
   
3. NACR will Provide Technical Assistance related to cultural appropriateness and awareness, as approved by the CDC, to states Indian Health Service, Tribal and urban programs and others, on an as needed basis.



4. Lastly, NACR will implement and evaluate cultural awareness trainings. One of these trainings will be done with the CDC while the others will be conducted as an optional part of the regional conferences (as stated above in #1).

Regional Map
	Previous NACR projects funded by CDC Native People's  Wellness  Walking The Path for Colon Health "Booklet"    go to…   posted: 11·4·2010 Native Women's  Wellness  Cancer Prevention, Detection and Care "Booklet"    go to…   posted: 3·11·2010 Arizona's Collaborative for Native American Cancer Control: A Creation Story "Video"    go to…   posted: 11·12·2010