Community Prevention

• increasing cancer knowledge
• increasing awareness of cancer-related resources for underserved communities - improving the rate of participation in screening tests
• promoting early medical follow-up

Research

• increase research participation
• community translation
• knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the cultural and socio-ecological implications of cancer risks and outcomes
• increase culturally and socio-ecologically informed interventions
• advancement of the science of population-based, multicultural research.

Training: Professional, student and community

• increasing awareness of racial/ethnic treatment disparities
• increasing the proportion of underrepresented minorities in the health care workforce
• integrating cross-cultural education into the training of all health care professionals.