Cancer Awareness Network for Immigrant Minority Populations
(CANIMP)

Our Mission

The Center for Immigrant Health (CIH), in conjunction with the NYU Cancer Institute of the NYU School of Medicine, established a Cancer Awareness Network for Immigrant Minority Populations (CANIMP) in 2000.

This project focuses on building bridges between immigrant communities and cancer researchers in the areas of:

• Lung Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Oral Cancer
• Cervical Cancer

The National Cancer Institute of the NIH funded CANIMP as a Special Populations Network to respond to the disparities in utilization and participation of immigrants and minorities in cancer prevention, detection and treatment services. CANIMP has developed a network to embrace and inform immigrant communities via trusted community-based organizations and ethnic media appropriate to culture and linguistics.

Our Goals

(1) Enhance immigrant awareness of, and participation in, cancer prevention, detection, and research activities;

(2) Facilitate informed choices about treatment options through increased awareness of prevention, detection, and treatment options for lung, prostate, breast and cervical cancer; and

(3) Stimulate community-based minority researchers and providers to develop and participate in cancer research.