Community Engagement in Evidence-Based Cancer Control Maria E. Fernandez, PhD & Dan Blumenthal, MD, MPH

Community Engagement in Evidence- Based Cancer Control CPCRN Signature Project –presented yesterday Cross center trainings and other EBA activities Publications and Presentations

Training with Partners Range of delivery mechanisms – Workshops – Train the Trainer – Webinars – Mini-grants Partners include the Komen Foundation, CIS, CDC, NBCCEDP, National / State Comp Cancer & ACS

CTSA: Development of course on CBPR (Emory, MSM) --- great future opportunities with CTSA All CPCRNs but one are at a CTSA institution – UCLA applying All work with their community engagement cores CTSAs translate research bench > bedside > curbside/countryside Community Engagement in Evidence-Based Cancer Control

Cross Center Collaboration in Community Engagement R21 – Sustainable strategies for increasing CIS use in Hispanics and African-Americans (WU & UT) Train-the-Trainer Evidence-Based Public Health Training (WU & UNC) Obesity & Cancer (Card Sort to identify EB competencies) (WU, UCLA, UT) Upcoming: National Assoc Chronic Disease Directors (Emory, TX, UCLA, UW, & WU) – One-day workshop titled “Designing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs that Work”

Trainings for National Cancer Control Partners Translating Evidence-based Recommendations CDC National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Directors meeting. May Atlanta, GA. CDC - NBCCEDP national webinar – 1st of 2 part series. July Professional Development and Recruitment Project Directors NBCCEDP Part 2 - Professional Development Project Directors. Oct 2008 – Houston, TX

Collaborative Presentations SOPHE: “Designing Health Promotion Programs that Work” CDC Cancer Conference (2): ”Translating evidence-based recommendations into community practice: a panel discussion” & “Colorectal Cancer Screening among Hispanics in the Colonias.” ASPO (3): “Cancer control planners’ views of evidence-based approaches (EBAs),” “Development of a Computer-Based Training and Planning Tool for Increasing Use of Evidence-Based Approaches (EBAs) for Cancer Control,” & “R21 Creating culturally appropriate materials to increase calls to the CIS among Hispanics”

Collaborative Presentations Legacy Grant Webinar: “REACH US/SUCCEED” Virginia S. DeHaan Lecture on Health Promotion and Education: “The environment, physical activity and obesity. If you build it will they come?” 11th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer: “Using What Works: Moving Evidence- Based Cancer Education into the Field.”

Collaborative Presentations  Escoffery C, Carvalho M, Mistry R, Surani Z, Pfeiffer D, Hannon P, Fernandez M. Designing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs that Work. Academy of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD). 1.5 day training (5 centers + Cancer Information Service)

Collaborative Presentations  Escoffery C, Carvalho M, Mistry R, Surani Z, Pfeiffer D, Fernandez M. Designing Health Promotion Programs that Work. Oct Poster Session. Annual Meeting of The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). San Diego, CA (4-centers + Cancer Information Service)

Collaborative Publications Alcaraz K, Davis K, Samways T, Bryan R, Kreuter MW. Increasing awareness of and interest in public health and cancer control careers among minority middle school students. Public Health Reports. In press EBA Survey (Hannon) EBA Inventory (Mullen) Development of TACTIC (Fernandez)