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The Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice

Award Number: P50MD017319
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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The Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice - PROJECT SUMMARY – PROJECT 4 For decades, Black/African American people have had the highest cigarette smoking-attributable mortality in the United States. Evidence-based interventions that could reduce the mortality burden have been slow to reach Black smokers in the clinical setting. The long-term goal of this study is to increase provider advice to quit smoking tobacco and patient referrals to lung cancer screening, evidence-based clinical interventions that could have a powerful influence on saving the lives of Black people who smoke tobacco. To accomplish this goal, the Black Health Block Quit and Screen Project will engage members of the National Medical Association, the largest organization of Black health care providers in the United States, in a training and education campaign guided by our novel and adapted version of the National Institutes of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework for Tobacco-Related Health Disparities. Our multidisciplinary team will conduct a mixed-methods study (concept mapping and survey) in Phase 1 to better understand health care providers' 1) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors and 2) perceived political, social, and structural determinants of health that impede Black smokers from quitting tobacco and screening for lung cancer. In Phase 2, our team will use the data from concept mapping and the health care provider survey to develop training modules that help health care providers deal with the unique needs of Black menthol smokers and people with social disadvantage. Our study will examine the feasibility and impact of the Black Health Block Culturally Tailored Training alone versus the Health Disparities and Lung Cancer Screening Training + the Black Health Block Culturally Tailored training modules on changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among health care providers randomly assigned to each condition. In Phase 3, our team will examine the reach of the education campaign that links patients and providers to resources to facilitate quitting smoking and lung cancer screening via a patient navigator. The proposed study takes advantage of a unique and timely opportunity to prepare a national organization of Black health care professionals to help Black smokers quit and screen amid pending federal legislation to ban menthol cigarettes and flavors cigars. If this study is successful, then the data can be used to launch a larger trial that tests the impact of culturally relevant training modules on health care provider uptake of evidence-based clinical interventions and Black smokers' quitting and screening for lung cancer. .


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $4,799,359 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	003	4	8/17/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,032,002
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	4	7/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$3,767,357
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	3	10/10/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	3	3/29/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $4,799,359

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $4,740,257 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	3	7/25/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$3,770,259
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	3	9/24/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$969,998
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	4301 W MARKHAM ST	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	2	7/31/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $4,740,257

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $3,790,022 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM	4301 W MARKHAM ST SLOT 812 BIO-MED BLDG 1 STE 102	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	2	6/30/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$3,790,022
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM	4301 W MARKHAM ST SLOT 812 BIO-MED BLDG 1 STE 102	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	1	7/5/2022	NEW	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM	4301 W MARKHAM ST SLOT 812 BIO-MED BLDG 1 STE 102	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	2/22/2022	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $3,790,022

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $3,864,520 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM	4301 W MARKHAM ST SLOT 812 BIO-MED BLDG 1 STE 102	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	PULASKI	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	9/24/2021	NEW	$3,864,520
														Subtotal = $3,864,520

Grand Total All Awards = $17,194,158

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The Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice

Award Number: P50MD017319

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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