The Impact of EvidenceBased Programming in Comprehensive Cancer Control Initiatives

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The Impact of Evidence-Based Programming in
Comprehensive Cancer Control Initiatives
Myrna Candreia, Program
Director Denise Steinbach, Partnership
Program Manager Rocky
Mountain Region Office
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Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a program of
the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Nation's
principal agency for cancer research and
training.
NCI is the largest of the 27 institutes of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the
world's foremost biomedical research centers.
NIH is one of eight agencies that compose the
Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS), the
government's principal agency for protecting the
health of all Americans.
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What is the CIS?
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NCI CIS Rocky Mountain Region

• Six-state region Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New
  Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
• Comprehensive Cancer Control plans being
  implemented in all six states.
• CIS fulfills Executive, Steering Committee, and
  Task Force roles within state CCC Coalitions.

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Comprehensive Cancer ControlWhat is it?

• Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) is an
  integrated and coordinated approach to reducing
  cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality
  through prevention, early detection, treatment,
  rehabilitation, and palliation.
• CCC is a collaborative process through which a
  community and its partners pool resources to
  reduce the burden of cancer.
• CCC employs evidence-based strategies for
  implementing change.

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Comprehensive Cancer ControlWhat is it?

• History
• National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
  established in 1998 by the Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention (CDC).
• CDC supports 50 states, the District of Columbia,
  7 tribes and tribal organizations, and 7 U.S.
  Associated Pacific Islands/territories in
  developing and implementing Comprehensive Cancer
  Control Plans.

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Comprehensive Cancer Control

• National Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer
  Control
• National Cancer Institute
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Surgeons, Commission on
  Cancer
• C-Change

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Comprehensive Cancer Control

• National Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer
  Control
• Intercultural Cancer Council
• Lance Armstrong Foundation
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
• National Association of County and City Health
  Officials

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What is Evidence-based Cancer Control?

• ...the development, implementation, and
  evaluation of effective cancer education and
  screening programs through systematic uses of
  data and research information, and appropriate
  use of theory-based program planning models.
• Adapted from Brownson et al., J Public Health
  Management Practice 1999,586-97

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What is Using What Works?

• A how-to course developed by the National Cancer
  Institute for planning effective cancer control
  programs using research-tested, evidence-based
  strategies.
• Train-the-trainer course designed for health
  planners and educators.

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Why is this training important?

• Evidence-based programs increase the likelihood
  of successful program implementation.
• Efficient use of limited resources
  Evidence-based programs save time and cost when
  planning new activities -- a good starting point.
  
• Funders increasingly require the use of
  evidence-based programs.

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Using What Works five modules

• Module 1 Defining Evidence-Based
• Module 2 Conducting a Needs Assessment Getting
  to Know Your Audience Better
• Module 3 Finding an Evidence-based Program
• Module 4 Making an Evidence-Based Program Fit
  Your Needs Adaptation and Your Program Summary
• Module 5 Does It Work? Evaluating your Program

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Using What Works and Comprehensive Cancer
Control

• NCI CIS regional offices work in partnership with
  CCC programs.
• Cancer Control Plans are implemented using
  evidence-based strategies.
• NCI CIS provides Using What Works (UWW) training
  to CCC partners.
• UWW is a how-to course for planning effective
  cancer control programs using research-tested,
  evidence-based strategies.

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Using What Works and the Montana
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (MTCCCP)

• Montana Project
• Purpose To accelerate implementation of the
  Montana Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan.
• Outcome Local CCC workplans developed by
  community partnerships to support the
  implementation of evidence-based programs
  consistent with Montanas CCCP priority
  objectives.

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Using What Works and the Montana
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (MTCCCP)

• Method
• Statewide contractors responsible for
• Building and maintaining statewide CCC
  partnerships.
• Educating partnerships about CCC, MTCCCP, and
  evidence-based strategies.
• Assisting in selection of evidence-based
  strategies.
• Planning, implementing and evaluating regional
  CCC work plans.

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Using What Works and the Montana
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (MTCCCP)

• CIS Project Role
• To provide UWW training to statewide contractors.
  
• To build contractor knowledge and capacity in
  using evidence-based programs.

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Interested in learning more about Using What
Works?

• Contact 1-800-4-CANCER and ask for the CIS
  Partnership Program Manager or Coordinator in
  your state.
• NCI CIS Rocky Mountain Region Office
• A program of Penrose-St. Francis Health
  Services
• 955 E. Colorado Avenue
• Colorado Springs, CO
• [phone]

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Session Pipeline

• This Session will begin at 415 pm

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