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Educational Materials - DVDsCISCRP’s educational DVDs were developed from a partnership among CISCRP, Public Health Television (PHTV), and academic medical and community health centers. The DVDs present the real-life stories and experiences of white, African American and Hispanic clinical research volunteers. Using clear, everyday language that is culturally appropriate and easily understood, they are the first clinical research DVDs to be specifically aimed at minority audiences. The DVDs detail the clinical research process, including defining clinical research, describing the different phases of testing and listing questions to ask before participating in a study. Edgar Jackson Jr., MD, who champions diversity initiatives for University Hospitals of Cleveland, is one of more than a dozen physicians and educators featured in the African American DVDs. Speaking about the African American community’s longstanding reluctance to participate in clinical research, he advises, “It is to our advantage as a people to participate in clinical trials, as individuals and for the next generation… People aren’t going to hide information and mistreat you. It just doesn’t happen anymore.” Many steps were taken to reach the diverse branches of the nation’s Hispanic population. Individuals from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Columbia, Costa Rica, and Peru collaborated on the Spanish language DVDs’ production, and the finished DVDs feature individuals, and icons of faith and family from different Hispanic cultures. Prominent Hispanic physicians, including medical oncologist Yull Arriaga, MD, of the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Alfredo López -Yunez, MD, director of Centro Medico Alivio, are featured in the DVDs and participated in their production. Great care was taken to ensure that the Spanish used in the videos would be universally understood. Instead of translating the original scripts from English to Spanish, the videos were written and produced entirely in Spanish from the ground up. The DVDs are being used by academic medical centers, community health centers, research sites, pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations to bring more people, including minorities, into the mainstream of clinical research participation. They are being played in waiting rooms or given to patients to take home to share with their friends and families. Please click on the links and images below. If you need additional assistance reviewing these products please contact us.
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