Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:621.
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Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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1 Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
3 Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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We thank Ambrosone et al. (1) for their comments on our article (2). The Witness Project employs a valuable strategy to overcome distrust of researchers among ethnic minority communities, the use of lay health workers as role models. Using breast and cervical cancer survivors as role models of important prevention and cancer screening behaviors