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ABOUT WINCART
Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training (WINCART) was a ten-year Community Network Program (CNP) Center funded by the National Cancer Institute's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD). The WINCART Center was comprised of six community based organizations and researchers from three universities with the goal of reducing disparities in cancer incidence and mortality among Chamorro, Marshallese, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, and other Pacific Islanders in Southern California. Based on the principles of community-based participatory research, the WINCART Center conducted research, training, implementation and evaluation of community education to promote beneficial biomedical and behavioral procedures.
The WINCART Center partners included: California State University Fullerton, Claremont Graduate University, Guam Communications Network, Samoan National Nurses Association, Tongan Community Service Center/Special Service for Groups, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Union of Pan Asian Communities, and the University of Southern California.
WINCART Center research foci included (1) tobacco cessation intervention research with late adolescent and young adult Pacific Islanders in Southern California, (2) attitudes toward the collection of bio-specimens among adults, and (3) culturally tailored health promotion regarding obesity and physical activity. We hope you enjoy reading about these along with the additional research activities & outcomes on this website. We hope you are motivated to continue WINCART's work to promote healthy and empowered Pacific Islander communities!
– Paula Healani Palmer, PhD & Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH
WINCART Principal Investigators
The WINCART Center partners included: California State University Fullerton, Claremont Graduate University, Guam Communications Network, Samoan National Nurses Association, Tongan Community Service Center/Special Service for Groups, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Union of Pan Asian Communities, and the University of Southern California.
WINCART Center research foci included (1) tobacco cessation intervention research with late adolescent and young adult Pacific Islanders in Southern California, (2) attitudes toward the collection of bio-specimens among adults, and (3) culturally tailored health promotion regarding obesity and physical activity. We hope you enjoy reading about these along with the additional research activities & outcomes on this website. We hope you are motivated to continue WINCART's work to promote healthy and empowered Pacific Islander communities!
– Paula Healani Palmer, PhD & Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH
WINCART Principal Investigators
WINCART STEERING COMMITTEE
WINCART is guided by a Steering Committee comprised of representatives from Pacific Islander community-based organizations, cancer-related researchers, and cancer clinical providers in Southern California.
Sora Park Tanjasiri
Paula Healani Palmer*
Mary Anne Foo
Victor Kaiwi Pang*
Lola Sablan Santos*
Vanessa Tui'one May*
Dorothy Vaivao*
Tupou "Bo" Toilolo*
Rhonda Folsom
Leilani Beck*
*Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
WINCART Community Advisory Board
The Community Advisory Board is made up of Pacific Islander community leaders from Southern California. Together, this group helps to guide and inform all of WINCART Community Outreach Program activities.
WINCART History
WINCART was founded in May 2005 and serves the approximately 100,000 Pacific Islanders who reside in Southern California, defined as the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego. Our mission is to reduce the disproportionate burden from cancer affecting five of the largest Southern California Pacific Islander populations: Chamorros, Marshallese, Native Hawaiians, Samoans and Tongans.
Mission Statement
WINCART's mission is to promote healthy Pacific Islander communities. WINCART addresses cancer health disparities among Southern California's Pacific Islander populations through increasing cancer awareness, collaborative research programs, and providing valuable leadership and training opportunities. The specific aims for our network are:
Funder & NCI Disclaimer
WINCART is one of 25 Community Network Programs funded by the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD). The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCI CRCHD.
WINCART is guided by a Steering Committee comprised of representatives from Pacific Islander community-based organizations, cancer-related researchers, and cancer clinical providers in Southern California.
Sora Park Tanjasiri
Paula Healani Palmer*
Mary Anne Foo
Victor Kaiwi Pang*
Lola Sablan Santos*
Vanessa Tui'one May*
Dorothy Vaivao*
Tupou "Bo" Toilolo*
Rhonda Folsom
Leilani Beck*
*Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
WINCART Community Advisory Board
The Community Advisory Board is made up of Pacific Islander community leaders from Southern California. Together, this group helps to guide and inform all of WINCART Community Outreach Program activities.
WINCART History
WINCART was founded in May 2005 and serves the approximately 100,000 Pacific Islanders who reside in Southern California, defined as the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego. Our mission is to reduce the disproportionate burden from cancer affecting five of the largest Southern California Pacific Islander populations: Chamorros, Marshallese, Native Hawaiians, Samoans and Tongans.
Mission Statement
WINCART's mission is to promote healthy Pacific Islander communities. WINCART addresses cancer health disparities among Southern California's Pacific Islander populations through increasing cancer awareness, collaborative research programs, and providing valuable leadership and training opportunities. The specific aims for our network are:
- Develop and implement programs to increase cancer awareness among Pacific Islanders from primarily five populations in Southern California: Chamorros, Marshallese, Native Hawaiians, Samoans, and Tongans.
- Understand and address smoking cessation needs of young Pacific Islander adults.
- Explore community knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding biospecimen collection and research.
- Create opportunities to increase the number of well-trained Pacific Islander researchers through trainings, mentorship, and participatory research projects.
- Facilitate the development of research grants that address the cancer needs of Pacific Islanders, with a focus on primary (obesity and tobacco) prevention, access and navigation, and survivorship.
Funder & NCI Disclaimer
WINCART is one of 25 Community Network Programs funded by the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD). The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCI CRCHD.