Research program to provide Hispanic, Asian lymphoma education

Research program to provide Hispanic, Asian lymphoma education

A new educational initiative from the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) aims to provide lymphoma education to underserved multicultural populations. The LAMP (Lymphoma Awareness for Multicultural Populations) initiative includes a multilingual, interactive Web site with information in Spanish and Chinese. The program aims to increase awareness, educational activities, and access to materials and services in these populations and increase target populations' access to materials by creating an interactive, multilingual LAMP Web site as an extension of LRF's Web site, www.lymphoma.org. Studies show health disparities in both the Hispanic and Asian populations. For example, according to the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Hispanics are less likely than majority populations to receive or use needed medications. Also, the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations says that compared to other racial and ethnic groups, Asians are least likely to report having a personal doctor. The first searchable online database of Asian-language cancer materials was launched last month.