APHA Cancer Forum

NCI is collaborating with C-Change and a diverse group of professionals representing academia, federal, state and local health departments, private and non-profit organizations to propose the establishment of a Cancer Forum within APHA. In 2007, the American Cancer Society conducted an interest survey among cancer control practitioners. The survey respondents expressed the importance of an organized structure focusing on cancer within APHA. Interested individuals participated in the Cancer Forum Planning Workgroup to prepare the application to APHA. The workgroup is scheduled to submit the forum application to APHA in spring 2008 and, pending approval, the first Cancer Forum business meeting will be held at the 2008 APHA annual conference in October.

Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools)

As part of a public/private effort D4D collaborates with American Cancer Society (ACS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Commission on Cancer (CoC), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on a web-based tool, Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T, designed to help in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based cancer control interventions. DCCPS and CDC have developed the user-friendly State Cancer Profiles website, Step 1 of Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T., which provides up-to-date county-level cancer mortality, incidence and behavioral risk factor data at the county level. Researchers from AHRQ, NCI, and CDC are listed on STEP 2 of Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T to enhance research-practice partnerships. Additionally, DCCPS has partnered with the ACS, CoC, CDC Comprehensive Cancer Control program, and NCI Cancer Information Services (CIS) on STEP 2 of Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. to enhance program partnerships for comprehensive cancer control. AHRQ’s federally funded Guide to Clinical Preventive Services and CDC’s Guide to Community Services are linked through Step 3 of the Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. D4D team works with SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) to review evidence-based programs posted on the Research-tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs) website.

Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN)

DCCPS has partnered with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a Prevention Research Centers' (PRC) Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network. The purpose of the partnership is to: 1) expand collaboration with other NCI-funded cancer research centers (e.g., Special Population Networks, Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers, and Comprehensive Cancer Centers); 2) enhance the capacity of PRCs to become more competitive in obtaining peer-reviewed, community-based cancer prevention and control intervention research grants; and 3) facilitate the translation of effective interventions into practice.

Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership (CCCNP)

NCI is one of 10 organizations working together in the area of Comprehensive Cancer Control. Since 1999 the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership (CCCNP) have come together to support the development and implementation of comprehensive cancer control plans in states, tribes and territories. Phases 1 through 3 of this effort resulted in carious tools, guidance documents and technical assistance opportunities, such as the CCC Leadership Institutes. Phases 1-3 were successful in assisting with the development of CCC plans and the implementation of priority plan strategies. Phase 4 of the CCCNP efforts is designed to continue fostering networking among CCC coalitions and to drive action plans that will result in further implementation of CCC plan priority strategies. The CCCNP has chosen the following priorities for Phase 4: Policy Impacting CCC Efforts; Resources for Implementation of CCC Plans, CCC Implementation at the Local Level; and National Partner Communications.

CCCNP Partners:
American Cancer Society, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, C-Change, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC), Lance Armstrong Foundation, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, National Association of County and City Health Officials, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), and the National Cancer Institute.

Dissemination and Implementation Science Conference

DCCPS, in collaboration with Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), hosted the first annual Trans-NIH conference titled "Building the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in the service of Public Health" in 2007. The organizations seek to facilitate increased support for the "science of implementation" as a key avenue for moving behavioral and social science forward. Specifically, the prospectus calls for research to understand the factors which are promoting or impeding the adoption, adaptation, implementation, and maintenance of evidence-based practices by health providers, insurers, policy makers, and the public.

International Comprehensive Cancer Control Leadership Forums

The NCI, American Cancer Society (ACS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with International Union Against Cancer (UICC), have been working to develop Comprehensive Cancer Control Leadership Forums, with a focus on cancer control planning and implementation in Latin America. The first forum was held in 2006 in Mexico City and brought together cancer control leaders from Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Uruguay. The second forum was held in Brazil in 2007 and brought together leaders from the original four countries as well as leaders from Argentina, Chile, Columbia and Nicaragua.

PRIME (Program Resources for Implementation, Management and Evaluation)

PRIME (Program Resources for Implementation, Management and Evaluation). is a web-based tool that will facilitate access to funding resources to assist with the implementation, management and evaluation of evidence-based cancer control programs. PRIME will be included on Step 5 of Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and the Susan G. Komen Foundation are piloting the tool which will launch in 2008. An additional five grant-making organizations will be added each year. Links to regular funding opportunities and interactive templates of grant applications will be provided.

Trans-NIH Dissemination and Implementation PAR

Several Institutes, Offices and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the National Cancer Institute, have issued a Trans-NIH PAR to encourage investigators, in and outside the U.S., to submit research grant applications that identify, develop, and refine new approaches to test and evaluate models to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based services, across the Cancer Continuum, in public health and clinical practice settings. The goals of this program announcement are to encourage trans-disciplinary teams of scientists and practice stakeholders to work together to develop and/or test conceptual models of dissemination and implementation that may be applicable across diverse practice settings, and design studies that will accurately assess the impact of dissemination and implementation efforts on improved services.

Participating NIH Institutes/Centers/Offices:
National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Team-Up: Cancer Screening Saves Lives

D4D and the NCI Cancer Information Services (CIS) Partnership Program staff have been working with American Cancer Society (ACS) regional planners, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program staff, and United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service to build and sustain partnerships in six states through the Team-Up Cancer Screening Saves Lives project. The project encourages the adoption and implementation of evidence-based screening programs to reach those women at greatest risk of cervical and breast cancer. The pilot ended in 2007 and next steps for the pilot are being determined.

Using What Works (UWW)

D4D has collaborated with NCI’s Office of Communications and Education to develop and disseminate a train-the-trainer course on Using What Works that teaches users how to adapt research-tested intervention programs at the local community level.