Un Abrazo Para La Familia (A Hug for the Family) is intended to increase the accessibility of cancer information to low-income and medically underserved cancer survivors and their families through a 3-hour psychoeducational program. (Marshall et al., 2020). Abrazo's primary goal is to improve the ability of cancer co-survivors to cope with the disease by increasing their social and emotional support. (Marshall et al., 2020). It covers the fundamentals of cancer education, such as what cancer is, what treatment might look like, how to ask your doctor questions, how to support a loved one who has cancer, and how to take care of oneself while caring for someone else. (Marshall et al., 2020). Since its conception, it has undergone numerous refinements and studies in various settings. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Un Abrazo para la Familia was forced to deliver their cancer psychoeducational program to families through telehealth. Telehealth interventions are effective in the healthcare setting, but little is known about the outcomes of telehealth interventions in the context of psychological cancer support. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychological outcomes of cancer support telehealth interventions and provide recommendations on how to improve the pilot program of the remote delivery for Abrazo.

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are sprouting across the nation in order to provide health care resources to the communities around them. CHWs serve to bridge and connect people of multiple backgrounds and identities to health care services and health care institutions, while also being mindful of their own identities and the identities of the communities they are working with in order to best fit their needs. While CHWs are working with minority communities, there are still disparities and barriers that affect the lives of many Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). This study seeks to examine how CHWs execute their outreach and how they can work with communities to maximize that outreach. This community-engaged research with CHWs explores intergroup dialogue, how others have used it, and how it can help in contextualizing ourselves. Universities and institutions have been using intergroup dialogue in educational settings as a way to teach social justice. Intergroup dialogue allows for us to talk about our experiences while relating them to our identities in order to create better understanding with the people around us. This project aims to understand how community outreach is affected by identity, and whether intergroup dialogue is a beneficial method for CHWs to explore their identity and how it relates to their work.

A first-generation college student (FGS) is one whose parent(s) did not complete a four-year college or university degree. Prior studies indicate that first-generation students who do not have health insurance are affected in their overall well-being. Without the proper medical help, a student may have barriers to a successful journey in college combined with the expectations of a first-generation student. The method of this study will be mixed methods of open and closed-ended questions to examine the link between access to healthcare and overall health for first-generation college students. Participants will be asked to read and agree to an electronic informed consent that will be presented through Qualtrics and complete a 30-question survey. There is a correlation in the research that shows that inaccessible health care for first-generation students has an impact on the financial support or resources of those students and an understanding of the healthcare system. The study findings will help raise awareness to affordable healthcare plans and access to annual check-ups, medication, and therapy.