. "1 The Struggle Against Cancer." The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999.
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Sowing Seeds in the Mountains, publication of the Appalachian Leadership Initiative on Cancer.
1995–1996
NCI leadership initiates major reorganization based on recommendations of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the National Cancer Advisory Board and NCI.
1996
Office of Research and Minority Health holds four meetings, one for each of the four racial and ethnic groups identified in U.S. Office of Management and Budget Directive No. 15: African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian and Pacific Islanders.
1997
NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group is formed.
1998
En Accion Training Manual, a community-centered health communications manual drawn from successful experiences of the 5-year research and demonstration project of the National Hispanic Leadership Initiative on Cancer, is published.
BOX 1-2 Chronology of Recent Events Relevant to Cancer Research Among Ethnic Minority and Medically Underserved Populations
January 1996
National Conference on the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Participants in Clinical Cancer Research.
April 1996
Women and Minority Recruitment: Small Grant (CA-96-003) and Women and Minority Recruitment: Intervention Testing (CA-96-004) funding opportunities announced.
