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Louisiana and REACH U.S. CEED. A Community and Interpersonal Level Approach to Eliminating Screening Disparities. The Evolution of CEED in LA. First round 2 funded legacy projects TUSPHTM: Interactive DVD Project LCCP/ACS: COFFEE Program, Policy Support and Hospital In-Reach Second round
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Louisiana and REACH U.S. CEED A Community and Interpersonal Level Approach to Eliminating Screening Disparities
The Evolution of CEED in LA • First round • 2 funded legacy projects • TUSPHTM: Interactive DVD Project • LCCP/ACS: COFFEE Program, Policy Support and Hospital In-Reach • Second round • LA CAP funded • COFFEE and In-Reach (supplemented by DVD) and Policy • Third round • Focus on COFFEE program • Leveraging other resources to fund policy and In-Reach
The COFFEE Program • 35 community network partners • 5 unique communities • 30 COFFEE-Mates trained • Educating women on breast & cervical screening • Navigating women to screening services
Successes • Leveraging resources to grow COFFEE • Community Network partner received Avon funding to expand program to Jefferson Parish • LBCHP received additional funding to continue including Latina and Vietnamese communities • ACS received funding for home health parties from LSU School of Medicine MB-CCOP
Successes • “Abreast a Boat of Hope” DVD disseminated • Recipients included: • Disaster Navigation Program Community Advisory Board • Franklin Avenue Baptist Church • Watson Memorial Church • American Cancer Society COFFEE program • McFarland Institute • Orleans & Jefferson Parish Community Neighborhood health centers
Successes • Moving some CAP activities to other funding sources • The In-Reach program was funded by NBCCEDP supplemental funds • Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program received a CDC policy grant to support policy work • Sustainability • “Abreast a Boat of Hope” DVD was distributed to COFFEE program and In-Reach program to enhance educational outreach activities
Successes • Publications and Presentations • COFFEE program • 2009 oral presentation and 2010 poster presentation at APHA • ACS Imagine Newsletter (Internal) • ACS Volunteer Newsletter (Distributed to Orleans-Area volunteers) • “Abreast a Boat of Hope” DVD • LCRC Cancer Letter (10,000 subscribers) • Tulane Interventionist (Global distribution) • Local New Orleans television presentations • 2010 poster presentation at APHA
Challenges • Data Overload • Data collection • Data entry • Data coordination/HIPPA/partnerships • Evaluation of data • How to get from intervention exposure measurement to screening outcome measurement to long-term health outcome
Challenges • Program Coordination and Integration • “Abreast a Boat of Hope” DVD sustainability for evaluation and outcomes measurements • Cancer navigation and COFFEE - many different versions of navigation along cancer continuum
LA Patient Navigation Network:Maximizing the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute Model
Opportunities • Patient Navigation Network • Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program Navigation funding • Better coordination/integration of existing programs • Rapides Foundation is partnering to grow CHA program work in Central Louisiana • “Abreast a Boat of Hope” – submitted NIH proposal • Afro-Caribbean global health disparities • Includes evaluation component
Any Questions? Thank you!