Twelve percent of Latinx patients, including 3.7% of monolingual Spanish speakers receive care at UCSF’s Cancer Center with limited language concordant and multicultural support. S.U.P.E.R.A. is a virtual Spanish Skills Group Medical Visit (GMV) that is being developed in the Psycho-Oncology department in collaboration with faculty in the OCIH. This initiative leverages evidence-based cognitive behavioral interventions to assist Spanish-speaking cancer patients in navigating active treatment. This project aims to refine and optimize this new GMV via a QI pilot to assess need, explore engagement, and ensure group content is culturally and linguistically relevant in its delivery. This data will lay the groundwork for future research that will investigate effectiveness in reducing emotional and psychological distress and the adoption of evidence-based coping strategies in an underrepresented Latinx population. This initiative will improve integrative health equity by exploring culturally specific needs, increase access to quality mental health care, and expand Spanish language programming.

Budget: Total budget estimates of 15,000 to 20,000 to cover personnel expenses (i.e., research time, study coordination, statistician support) and future conference presentation stipend.