Maryland Cancer Collaborative

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative
ORIENTATION Alva Hutchison, Chair
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Overview of the Situation

• Weve got a big, complex problem CANCER
• Weve got many ways to address the problem
  MARYLANDS CANCER PLAN
• Weve got stakeholders and volunteers to help
  with the problem MARYLAND CANCER COLLABORATIVE
• HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING DONE to address the
  burden of cancer in Maryland?

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The Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control
Planwhat is it?

• A resource for all Marylanders
• A guide for health professionals
• Provides Goals/Objectives/Strategies to guide
  cancer control activities in Maryland
• Encourages collaboration and cohesiveness among
  stakeholders working to reduce the burden of
  cancer in Maryland

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MCCCP Chapters

• Chapter 1. Burden of Cancer in Maryland
• Special Topics in Cancer Control
• Chapter 2. Cancer Surveillance
• Chapter 3. Cancer Disparities
• Chapter 4. Patient Issues and Survivorship
• Primary Prevention of Cancer
• Chapter 5. Tobacco-Use Prevention/Cessation and
  Lung Cancer
• Chapter 6. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and
  Healthy Weight
• Chapter 7. Ultraviolet Radiation and Skin Cancer
• Chapter 8. Environmental/Occupational Issues and
  Cancer
• Site-Specific Prevention and Early Detection of
  Cancer
• Chapter 9. Colorectal Cancer
• Chapter 10. Breast Cancer
• Chapter 11. Prostate Cancer
• Chapter 12. Oral Cancer
• Chapter 13. Cervical Cancer

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The Full MCCCP

• Living Document
• Easy to Use Format
• Interactive PDF of Plan w/ links to more info
  available at
• http//fha.dhmh.maryland.gov/cancer/cancerplan

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About the Plan

• Includes for each chapter
• Summary of latest data and information
• Goals/Objectives/Strategies
• SMART Objectives
• Links to more information to be housed at
  http//fha.dhmh.maryland.gov/cancer/cancerplan

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Executive Summary

• Small document for easy reference
• Two page summary of each chapter including the
  Goals/Objectives/Strategies

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How do we move from Plan. to ACTION?

• MCCC Plan has
• 14 Chapters plus Burden of Cancer Chapter
• 23 Goals
• 76 OBJECTIVES
• Each with 2-3 Strategies
• NEED TO PRIORITIZE!
• NEED TO COLLABORATE!

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative

• GOALS
• Work with individuals and organizations
  throughout the state to implement the Maryland
  Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan
• Bring together existing groups and new partners
  from across the state to collaborate on a common
  goal reduce the burden of cancer in Maryland

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CDC Comprehensive Cancer National Program
Priorities

• Emphasize Primary Prevention of Cancer
• Coordinate Early Detection and Treatment
  Activities
• Address Public Health Needs of Cancer Survivors
• Use Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes to
  Guide Sustainable Cancer Control
• Promote Health Equity as it Relations to Cancer
  Control
• Demonstrate Outcomes through Evaluation

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative

• There are 6 Committees
• (Based on CDCs Priorities)
• Primary Prevention
• Early Detection and Treatment
• Survivorship, Palliative Care, and Pain
  Management
• Policy
• Cancer Disparities
• Evaluation

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MCC Steering CommitteeChair Alva Hutchison,
Retired Executive, American Cancer Society, South
Atlantic Division

• Primary Prevention Chair
• Elizabeth Platz, ScD, MPH, Johns Hopkins
  Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Early Detection and Treatment Co-Chairs
• Rachel Levin, Chase Brexton Health Services
• Craig Pollack, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins School of
  Medicine
• Survivorship/Palliative Hospice Care/Pain
  Management Co-Chairs
• Brock Yetso, Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
• Suman Rao, MD, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer
  Institute at Franklin Square
• Policy Chair
• Kathleen Hoke, JD, University of Maryland School
  of Law, Center for Tobacco Regulation
• Cancer Disparities Co-Chairs
• Carlessia Hussein, DrPH, RN, DHMH, Office of
  Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Marcos Pesquera, RPh, MPH, Center on Health
  Disparities, Adventist HealthCare
• Evaluation Co-Chairs
• Marie Deiner-West, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
  School of Public Health
• Kathy Helzlsouer, MD, MHS, Mercy Medical Center
• Maryland State Council on Cancer Council Liaison
  Brian McCagh, Berman Cancer Institute, Greater
  Baltimore Medical Center
• DHMH Comprehensive Cancer Control Liaison
  Courtney Lewis

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative Committees

• Each committee has a chair or co-chairs
• Committees
• Have reviewed relevant chapters in the Plan
• Have determined priorities from the Plan to work
  toward in the next two years (2012-2014)
• Have created action plans outlining specific
  activities for their selected priorities
• Are implementing their action plans
• Each committee meets at least twice per year,
  sometimes more often. Teleconferencing is
  usually available.
• Full Collaborative meets at least annually (next
  meeting January 2013)

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How we will make a difference!

• Priorities for 2012-2014
• Address Gaps in Cancer Control in Maryland
• Are Best Achieved through Collaboration
• Each Committee offers 2 OBJECTIVES and associated
  STRATEGIES from MCCC Plan to implement
• Each Committee follows an Action Plan contact
  staff or Committee Chair(s) for specific Action
  Plans

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How we will make a difference!

• Agencies and Community Organizations implement
  strategies from the Maryland Cancer Plan, within
  their program of work
• Report Activities from the Community to DHMH
  with the Implementation Reporting Tool

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative Membership

• OPEN MEMBERSHIP
• Anyone interested can join
• Members can join a Committee or join as a
  Corresponding Member
• Members sign up to work on selected objectives
  and activities through Collaborative Committees

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative Membership

• Members agree to
• Be identified as a member of the MCC
• Support and utilize the Cancer Plan
• Participate in meetings regularly (except for
  corresponding members)
• Take specific action to implement the goals,
  objectives, and strategies of the Cancer Plan
• Support and participate in evaluation of
  implementation efforts
• Report implementation efforts and progress to
  DHMH
• Report in-kind contributions toward Maryland
  Cancer Collaborative activities, such as student
  volunteer time, donated meeting space,
  implementation efforts, etc.
• Bring available resources to the table
  (expertise, specific skills, educational
  materials, website and/or graphic design
  services, mailings, meeting rooms, student
  volunteers, etc.)

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Maryland Cancer Collaborative Membership

• Members
• Sign a Membership Agreement
• Follow a specific Communications Approval Process
  
• Follow Policy Ground Rules (pending approval,
  TBA)

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Questions?

• http//fha.dhmh.maryland.gov/cancer/cancerplan
• Alva Hutchison, Chair
• 302-841-3632
• abhutchison_at_verizon.net
• STAFF CONTACTS
• Sarah Conolly Hokenmaier, MPA
• Acting Deputy Director, Center for Cancer
  Prevention and Control
• 410-767-0804
• Sarah.Hokenmaier_at_maryland.gov
• Meredith Truss, MPP
• Health Policy Analyst, Maryland Comprehensive
  Cancer Control Program
• 410-767-5641
• Meredith.Truss_at_maryland.gov