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White A, Sabatino SA, White MC, Vinson C, Chambers DA, Richardson LC. Twenty years of collaborative research to enhance community practice for cancer prevention and control. Cancer Causes Control 2023; 34:1-5. [PMID: 37191768 PMCID: PMC10185931 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-023-01700-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) was established in 2002 to conduct applied research and undertake related activities to translate evidence into practice, with a special focus on the unmet needs of populations at higher risk of getting cancer and dying from it. A network of academic, public health and community partners, CPCRN is a thematic research network of the Prevention Research Centers Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) has been a consistent collaborator. The CPCRN has fostered research on geographically dispersed populations through cross-institution partnerships across the network. Since its inception, the CPCRN has applied rigorous scientific methods to fill knowledge gaps in the application and implementation of evidence-based interventions, and it has developed a generation of leading investigators in the dissemination and implementation of effective public health practices. This article reflects on how CPCRN addressed national priorities, contributed to CDC's programs, emphasized health equity and impacted science over the past twenty years and potential future directions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arica White
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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Risendal B, Thomson CA, Seaman A, Hirschey R, Overholser L. Re-visiting the call for translation of cancer survivorship research: collaborative multidisciplinary approaches to improve translation and dissemination. Cancer Causes Control 2023; 34:199-208. [PMID: 37957530 PMCID: PMC10689512 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-023-01809-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The number of cancer survivors in the US is dramatically increasing and survivors are living longer, making the ongoing care and quality of life in this growing population an important public health issue. Although there has been significant progress in cancer survivorship research, gaps in translating this research to real-world settings to benefit survivors remain. METHODS The number and type of cancer survivorship research activities in past and current projects were gathered in reports and work plans from the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN). Additionally, current cross-center projects were aligned with common constructs in dissemination and implementation science to provide a narrative review of progress on translational research. RESULTS A review of historical activities in the CPCRN indicates that there has been consistent engagement in survivorship from multiple institutions over the last decade, generating 84 grants, 168 papers and 162 presentations. The current membership of the Survivorship Workgroup includes multiple disciplines and all 8 participating institutions. Together these Workgroup members have developed 6 projects, all of which address multiple domains in translational research such as feasibility, practicality, and organizational and cultural factors that affect implementation. CONCLUSIONS This review of past and ongoing activities in the CPCRN suggests that survivorship has been a consistent priority including the translation of evidence-based approaches into practice. Specific gaps in the translational research agenda that could be the focus of future investigations by Workgroup members and others include the practical and logistic aspects of interventions such as cost and policy.
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- Betsy Risendal
- Colorado School of Public Health, Community and Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver, 13001 E. 17Th Place, Bldg 500, MS F538, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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- Health Promotion Sciences, University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
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Brunson A, Troy C, Noblet S, Hebert JR, Friedman DB. Insights from Research Network Collaborators on How to Reach Rural Communities with Cancer Prevention and Control Programs. COMMUNITY HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH & POLICY 2023; 44:43-53. [PMID: 37724031 DOI: 10.1177/0272684x211065318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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PURPOSE This paper examines community leaders' and researchers' recommendations for reaching rural communities in a southeastern U.S. state with cancer prevention and control programming. RESEARCH DESIGN A qualitative inquiry of a grant network's research and community councils was conducted to explore members' opinions on how to engage rural communities and obtain input on how to recruit rural organizations for a mini-grants program. STUDY SAMPLE AND DATA COLLECTION Telephone/virtual interviews were conducted with all 13 council members. Responses were analyzed using thematic analysis and findings were examined within the context of system-centric and patient-centric dimensions. RESULTS Council members discussed limited education, lack of insurance, low socioeconomic status, health care avoidance, and transportation as barriers to cancer prevention and control. They recommended reaching rural populations by partnering with community and faith-based organizations, use of targeted multi-media, and tailored cancer education trainings. CONCLUSIONS Findings are used for guiding outreach with rural communities and recruitment of rural organizations for a cancer-focused mini-grants initiative.
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- Ashley Brunson
- College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, USA
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- College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, USA
- South Carolina Honors College, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, USA
- South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (Prevention Research Center), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (Prevention Research Center), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, USA
- South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (Prevention Research Center), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Office for the Study of Aging, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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Chebli P, Adsul P, Kranick J, Rohweder CL, Risendal BC, Bilenduke E, Williams R, Wheeler S, Kwon SC, Trinh-Shevrin C. Principles to operationalize equity in cancer research and health outcomes: lessons learned from the cancer prevention and control research network. Cancer Causes Control 2023; 34:371-387. [PMID: 36781715 PMCID: PMC9925365 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-023-01668-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Reflecting their commitment to advancing health equity, the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) established a Health Equity Workgroup to identify and distill guiding principles rooted in health equity, community-engaged participatory research (CBPR), social determinants of health, and racial equity frameworks to guide its collective work. The Health Equity Workgroup utilized a multi-phase, participatory consensus-building approach to: (1) identify recurrent themes in health and racial equity frameworks; (2) capture perspectives on and experiences with health equity research among CPCRN members through an online survey; (3) engage in activities to discuss and refine the guiding principles; and (4) collect case examples of operationalizing equity principles in cancer research. Representatives from all CPCRN centers endorsed nine core principles to guide the Network's strategic plan: (1) Engage in power-sharing and capacity building with partners; (2) Address community priorities through community engagement and co-creation of research; (3) Explore and address the systems and structural root causes of cancer disparities; (4) Build a system of accountability between research and community partners; (5) Establish transparent relationships with community partners; (6) Prioritize the sustainability of research benefits for community partners; (7) Center racial equity in cancer prevention and control research; (8) Engage in equitable data collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination practices; and (9) Integrate knowledge translation, implementation, and dissemination into research plans. Dissemination products, such as toolkits and technical assistance workshops, reflecting these principles will foster knowledge transfer to intentionally integrate health and racial equity principles in cancer prevention and control research.
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- Perla Chebli
- Department of Population Health, Section for Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, 8th Fl. #8-21A, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Cancer Control and Populations Sciences Research Program, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Section for Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, 8th Fl. #8-21A, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychology Denver, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Section for Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, 8th Fl. #8-21A, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Section for Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, 8th Fl. #8-21A, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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Stadnick NA, Cain KL, Oswald W, Watson P, Ibarra M, Lagoc R, Ayers LO, Salgin L, Broyles SL, Laurent LC, Pezzoli K, Rabin B. Co-creating a Theory of Change to advance COVID-19 testing and vaccine uptake in underserved communities. Health Serv Res 2022; 57 Suppl 1:149-157. [PMID: 35243622 PMCID: PMC9108217 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To describe the use of a Theory of Change to meaningfully engage community members from or support underserved communities in two National Institutes of Health-funded implementation science projects aimed at promoting equitable access to COVID-19 testing and vaccination for underserved communities. STUDY SETTING Both projects focused on Latino, Black, and immigrant and refugee communities in South/Central San Diego and/or individuals accessing care at a federally qualified health center near the US/Mexico border during December 2020-April 2021. STUDY DESIGN By using a participatory action research design, Community Advisory Boards (CABs) were established for each project with 11 and 22 members. CAB members included community organizers, promotores de salud (community health workers), clinic providers and administrators, and public health researchers. The CABs were guided through a seven-session Theory of Change process, focused on identifying necessary conditions that must exist to eliminate COVID-19 disparities along with specified actions to create those conditions and a blueprint for assessing the impact of those actions. DATA COLLECTION Each session lasted 2 h hosted virtually and was augmented by interactive web-based activities. There was a live interpreter who facilitated the participation of Spanish-speaking CAB members. A Theory of Change for each project was completed in approximately 4 months. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Nine necessary conditions were identified related to (1) accessible and available services; (2) culturally and linguistically competent programming; (3) investment in trusted community and faith leaders; (4) social safety nets to provide ancillary services. Corresponding actions to create these conditions and measures to indicate success in creating these conditions were operationalized by the CAB. CONCLUSIONS While resource-intensive, a CAB-led Theory of Change process yielded a rich opportunity to engage diverse groups that typically are not invited to inform these processes.
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- Nicole A Stadnick
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.,Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.,Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
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- The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- The Global Action Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
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- The Global Action Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
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- The Global Action Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
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- The Global Action Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- San Ysidro Health, San Diego, California, USA.,San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.,Community Engagement Unit, UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.,Bioregional Center for Sustainability Science, Planning and Design, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.,Superfund Research Center, Community Engagement and Research Translation Cores, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.,The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Mondal BK, Sahoo S, Paria P, Chakraborty S, Alamri AM. Multi-sectoral impact assessment during the 1st wave of COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal (India) for sustainable planning and management. ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 2021; 14:2448. [PMCID: PMC8590926 DOI: 10.1007/s12517-021-08836-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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With the advancement of globalisation, urbanisation and environmental change, the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as an infectious disease, has become a global threat. The entire world is continuously trying to adapt to the pandemic situation due to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 and the lockdown phase, which has not been faced before. The fear of infection by such an unknown virus and the epidemic transformed the built-up environment and impacted various sectors of lives and livelihoods, which must be assessed in spatial perspectives. The objective of this research is to assess the multi-sectoral impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it is designed to inspect seven essential sectors, namely, the economy, employment, education, transport, travel and tourism, health and environment sector-wise impact assessment of the West Bengal state of India. Taking the required COVID-19 data from the government website of India (http://www.covid19india.org; https://www.mygov.in/corona-data/covid19-statewise-status) and West Bengal (https://covidindia.org/west-bengal), a methodology is proposed on an integrated framework for the multi-sectoral impact assessment. The study concentrates on West Bengal, as no study exists on the multi-sectoral impact assessment due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the 1st wave, especially using the geospatial platform. The economy, employment, education, transport, health, tourism and environment multi-sectors of West Bengal are selected in this research, as these sectors have built the economic, sociocultural and environmental pillars of the state. All these sectors have been seriously affected, and the nature of the impact is diverse and large. Before the vaccine comes into the hands of the common people of West Bengal and in a broad sense in India, the awareness should be increased at the grass-root level to fight against the pandemic situation and even after the post-COVID era. The application of geospatial technology used for the mapping and analysis of COVID-19 affects the related database to tease out the multidimensional study, which aims to plan future road maps, search for answers and learn to add further security to overcome the future virus attack.
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- Department of Zoology, Midnapore College (autonomous), Midnapore, India
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- The Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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