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Temeika L. Fairley, Epidemiologist Comprehensive Cancer Control Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia October 16, 2009. The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP): Current Progress and Future Action.
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Temeika L. Fairley, Epidemiologist Comprehensive Cancer Control Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia October 16, 2009 The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP): Current Progress and Future Action
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL: Definition Comprehensive Cancer Control is a collaborative process through which a community pools resources to reduce the burden of cancer that results in • Risk reduction • Early detection • Better treatment • Enhanced survivorship • Reduce Disparities
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:It Takes Collaboration to Reduce Cancer Burden
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program • 65 programs have been funded • 50 States • District of Columbia • 7 Tribes/Tribal Organizations • 7 U.S. Territories/Pacific Island Jurisdictions • 64 plans have been completed and released
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Today Goals and Objectives • Nationwide, programs reported addressing a total of 2,031 plan objectives • Programs reported addressing an average (mean) of 36 plan objectives • Nationwide, programs reported implementing a total of 889 evidence-based interventions. • Programs reported implementing an average of 21 evidence-based interventions
Coalitions and Partnerships 5742 organizations with diverse resources and expertise come to the “table” – partners working towards the same goals. 11437 individuals in partnerships across programs CCC coalitions success: advocacy, effecting policy change, program development and expansion to support prevention, early detection, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care. COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Today
Effecting Policy Change 75% have at least one enacted policy The total number of policies submitted by all programs is 297 Total number of policies enacted =240 Total number of policies pending =20 COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL: The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Today
Examples of CCC Coalition Accomplishments (Policy Change) Freedom to Breathe: Advocates Join Forces to Help Minnesotans Breathe Easier Texas: Advocating for Prevention and Funding of Cancer Control Efforts Tennessee: Smoking Rates Fall Due to Coalition Efforts COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Today
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Today Vermont: Prevention Activities • Strategic Priority: Prevent future cancers by reducing exposure to known risk factors • Goal: Reduce tobacco usage and exposure to second hand smoke • Objectives: • Reduce prevalence of smoking in past month among youth in grades 8-12 from 20% in 2003 to 16% by 2010. • Reduce prevalence of adult smoking from 20% in 2004 to 12% by 2010. • Increase percentage of Vermont smokers with children who prohibit smoking in their homes from 58% in 2004 to 65% in 2010.
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:Vermont: Cancer Plan Status Report
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CONTROL:The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Today Utah: Early Detection Activities • Goal: Promote, increase, and optimize the appropriate utilization of quality colorectal cancer screening and follow-up services. • Objective: Increase the number of men and women 50 and older who received a Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in the past five years to 65% by 2010 (HP 2010 Objective) • Strategies: • Educate the public and health care providers • Continue to support public health campaigns • Pursue grants to screen uninsured and underinsured populations.
CDC Initiatives and Projects • Communication and Training Activities • Success Story Publication • Cancer Information Channel • MIS • Guidance documents for Implementation • Evaluation Studies and Evaluation Capacity Building Efforts • Evaluation Toolkit • Cancer Plan Study • Menu of CCC Outcomes • Performance Measures
CDC Initiatives and Projects (continued) • Public Health Translation Research • Across the cancer continuum and cancer sites: • Ovarian cancer treatment patterns and outcomes • Feasibility of using cancer registries and multiple data sources to track measures of quality care in colorectal and breast cancer • Cancer Survivorship Data Collection: BRFSS 2009 and 2010
CDC Program Priorities/Needs • Evaluation • Resource development • Capacity building for programs • Implementation of evidence based interventions • Expand use of public health surveillance data • Risk Reduction and Early Detection • Increase prevention and screening efforts for colorectal cancer • Expand efforts around physical activity and nutrition • Continue to implement public health strategies to • address survivorship in underserved populations
Thank you For more information contact: Temeika Fairley tfairley@cdc.gov