Assessing an intervention to improve clinical trial perceptions among predominately African-American communities in South Carolina.

Background: African Americans (AA) are not well-represented in cancer clinical trials despite having significantly higher cancer mortality rates than their European-American (EA) counterparts.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a program to improve perceptions of cancer clinical trials among AA.

Methods: The program was conducted in a convenience sample of 195 participants (75.

Evaluating an intervention to increase cancer knowledge in racially diverse communities in South Carolina.

Objective: To conduct a cancer education intervention with racially diverse communities in South Carolina.

Methods: The study was conducted at eight different sites in six counties in SC. The intervention included a 3-h general cancer knowledge and 30-min prostate cancer knowledge component.