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Mental Health CPR: Transforming Cancer Survivors' Mental Health with Community Participatory Reach

Award Number: U01CA290613
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/20/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2028

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Mental Health CPR: Transforming Cancer Survivors' Mental Health with Community Participatory Reach - Project Summary: Cancer patients and survivors frequently experience multiple factors contributing to unmet psychosocial and mental health needs. Despite these challenges, the study team and community collaborators are committed to addressing these factors through structured, community-based approaches; however, no such multilevel interventions have been established to date. This project is designed to advance psycho-oncology mental health care by targeting elements that limit access to services and contribute to psychological distress, including gaps in screening practices, perceptions related to mental health treatment, and biological mechanisms associated with chronic stress and cancer-related outcomes. The initiative will integrate both community and institutional resources to enhance access to specialized psycho-oncology mental health services and improve identification and management of psychological distress. First, the team will train lay community leaders to serve as community health workers supporting psycho-oncology mental health prevention efforts. Second, the investigators, together with community partners, will develop and adapt a suite of individual and community interventions and service components previously implemented by members of the research team and demonstrated to positively impact cancer patients and survivors. At the community level, the project will deliver training to lay leaders through the PHSU-RCMI Community Training Institute for Health. At the interpersonal level, the intervention will include communication skill-building to strengthen supportive relationships among patients and caregivers. At the individual level, the project will address all phases of mental health support to prevent and manage psychological distress associated with cancer and its treatment. At the biological level, investigators will evaluate the intervention’s impact on psychological stress indicators (cortisol and catecholamine metabolites) and inflammation markers (cytokines and chemokines) relevant to chronic stress and cancer-related outcomes. The project is expected to generate meaningful improvements in psychosocial and mental health outcomes by implementing a comprehensive approach that increases awareness and response to mental health needs.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,377,752 )
2025	2025	PONCE MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC	388 CALLE LUIS F SALA	PONCE	PR	00716	PONCE	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	3	9/5/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,377,752
														Subtotal = $1,377,752

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,376,566 )
2024	2024	PONCE MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC	388 CALLE LUIS F SALA	PONCE	PR	00716	PONCE	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	2	8/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,376,566
														Subtotal = $1,376,566

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,006,268 )
2023	2023	PONCE MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC	388 CALLE LUIS F SALA	PONCE	PR	00716	PONCE	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	1	9/20/2023	NEW	$1,006,268
														Subtotal = $1,006,268

Grand Total All Awards = $3,760,586

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Mental Health CPR: Transforming Cancer Survivors' Mental Health with Community Participatory Reach

Award Number: U01CA290613

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/20/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2028

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