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Comprehensive Cancer Control In Action

What to expect today?• Provide state-level forum for networking &

sharing your org’s current survivorship initiatives

• Identify/ Discuss gaps in addressing issues surrounding survivorship in KY

• Discuss potential to collaborate on addressing gap(s)

• Review current Cancer Action Plan ‘Quality of Life’ section and plans for revision

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:

How It Began

A decade ago, state and national organizations began linking cancer prevention and control programs to fight cancer more effectively.

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:

Definition

Comprehensive Cancer Control is a collaborative process through which a community pools resources to reduce the burden of cancer that results in:

• Risk reduction.• Early detection.• Better treatment.• Enhanced survivorship.

• A united front is more powerful.• Working together is more efficient.• Collective action creates new allies.• Coalitions can tackle cross-cutting

issues.

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:

Benefits of Collaboration

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:

CDC’s Role

• Provide initial funds for CCC programs nationwide.

• Advise and support CCC programs:– Planning.

– Putting plans into action. • Support evaluation of national CCC

outcomes.

Where does the Kentucky Cancer Consortium fit into national cancer prevention efforts?

• The Kentucky Cancer Consortium is Kentucky’s comprehensive cancer control coalition funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• We are one of the 64 state, tribe and territorial programs participating in the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.

What does KCC “do”?

• KCC focuses on issues related to cancer that are shared by multiple regions and/or the entire state.

• Utilize cancer control data and KCC “best process” to:– Identify and prioritize statewide needs for cancer

prevention and control.– Identify evidence-based interventions and resources to

meet those needs.

• Provide neutral forum for cancer control partners to network, coordinate and collaborate.

What does KCC “do”?

• Communicate identified needs, interventions and resources across groups and regions acting as a neutral clearinghouse of information.

• Increase efficiency and reduce duplication of effort by coordinating activities with major partners in cancer prevention and control.

• Seek financial and in-kind resources to fund Cancer Action Plan priority areas.

What does KCC “do”?

• Maintain and update the Kentucky Cancer Action Plan priority goals, objectives and strategies to address cancer prevention and control gaps.

• Conduct systematic evaluation of the cancer control prioritization and implementation process.

• Support efforts to reduce the burden of cancer inequities faced by underserved populations.

• Participate in influencing policy development and educating policy makers.

What is the Cancer Action Plan?

• The Cancer Action Plan for Kentucky (CAP) is a practical, working document addressing four main areas along the cancer continuum:– Prevention, Early Detection, Treatment and

Care, and Quality of Life. • Each section contains:

– Goals– Objectives towards reaching those goals– suggested Strategies to implement objectives

Who does comp cancer control on the local and regional level?

• The Kentucky Cancer Program’s District Cancer Councils are the comprehensive cancer control entities at the local and regional level.

• The Kentucky Cancer Program is state funded, and has 15 District Cancer Councils throughout the state.

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:

Results• Reduce risk.• Detect cancers earlier.• Improve treatment.• Enhance survivorship.• Decrease health disparities.

Photo courtesy the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, © Clark James.

• Enhance quality of life for cancer survivors:– Physical.– Psychological.– Practical (i.e., financial and legal issues,

health insurance, long-term planning).

• Study interventions that promote healthand well-being:– Exercise.– Pain management.– Coping.

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:

Enhanced Survivorship

What is Already Happening?

• What is your organization doing to enhance cancer survivorship in Kentucky?

What Still Needs to Be Done?

• What gaps still exist in survivorship care in Kentucky?

•What next?

…Is there potential for collaboration?