Integrating evidence-based practice into state and national cancer control programs

Integrating evidence-based practice into state

and national cancer control programs

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPHEmory University

Cathy Melvin, PhD, MPHUniversity of North Carolina – Chapel

Hill

Key CPCRN Focus

Active integration of evidence-based practice into state and national cancer control programs and conduct of community-engaged research on this topic. 

Inventory and Assessment of

NBCCEDP InterventionsSIP 16

Developing an inventory of interventions used in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Education and Demonstration Project (NBCCEDP) for recruitment of women and professional development among providers. 

• Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH(Emory)

• Advisory Committee includes representatives from all 8 CPCRN centers

Community Guide Cancer Screening

Reviews Commentaries  Research –to-practice perspective:Glanz, K., & Melvin, C. (2008). How Not to Get

Lost in Translation: Implementing the Recommendations and Identifying Research Gaps. AJPM, 35(1, Supplement 1), S3-S5.

Emory and UNC

Public health practice viewpoint: Shepherd, W. L., & Moore, A. (2008). Task Force

Recommendations: Application in the "Real World" of Community Intervention. AJPM, 35(1, Supplement 1), S1-S2.

UNC & the NC Comprehensive Cancer Control Program

State Cancer Plans

All centers were actively involved in their state cancer

control plans

National CPCRN Trainings

Translating Evidence-based Recommendations.

CDC National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Directors meeting. May 2008. Atlanta, GA.

Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations. CDC National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2 Part Series. July and October 2008.

National CPCRN Trainings

Designing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs that Work. Academy of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors(5 centers + Cancer Information Service)

Reports, plans & policies through collaboration with state and national programsEmory: Research Tested Intervention Programs (RTIPS )

Karen Glanz, reviewer and contributor (Pool Cool) Recommendations for future efforts in community health

promotion: Report of the National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion

Harvard/Boston University:

Evaluating Women’s Health Network (NBCCEDP)

UCLA:

Behavior Change in Cancer: Science, Policy, and Practice APHA national policy statement # 200715: Building a

Public Health Infrastructure for Physical Activity Promotion

Reports, plans & policies

University of North Carolina: Market Research :Teenagers and Young Adults for Promoting a Tobacco Cessation Quitline Smoke-free legislation for UNC Campuses

University of Texas: Cervical Cancer Strategic Plan Smoke-Free Puerto Rico PolicyUniversity of Washington: Community-Driven Cancer Screening Interventions

Funded by Washington’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program

Washington State Department of Health colorectal and prostate cancer screening project: priorities for intervention report.

Questions?