Research on Skin Cancer-Related Behaviors and Outcomes in the NIH Grant Portfolio, 2000-2014: Skin Cancer Intervention Across the Cancer Control Continuum (SCI-3C).

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer broadly identified research gaps, but specific objectives are needed to further behavioral intervention research.

Objective

To review National Institute of Health (NIH) grants targeting skin cancer-related behaviors and relevant outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

A portfolio analysis of the title, abstract, specific aims, and research plans of identified grant applications from 2000 to 2014 targeting skin cancer-related behaviors or testing behavioral intervention effects on cancer-relevant outcomes along the cancer continuum.

Main outcomes and measures

Funding trends were compared along the cancer control continuum, with respect to investigator demographics and use of theory, techn

SUBMITTER: Perna FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817496 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature