1. CPCRN Presentation Template CDC Site Visit September 24, 2013 Building Capacity to Employ Evidence-based Approaches Nationally Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

2. Capacity-Building, Technical Assistance and Training (CBTAT) A CPCRN national workgroup to increase use of evidence-based approaches for chronic disease and cancer prevention

3. Goals of Workgroup 1)Build the capacity of cancer control planners and public health professionals to locate, select, adopt, adapt, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer prevention program, policies and practices

4. Goals of Workgroup 2)Conduct research and evaluation on models of capacity building and effects of CPCRN capacity building initiatives

5. CBTATofRole

6. Evidence into Action Curriculum Increases competencies of how to locate, select, adopt, adapt, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer prevention program, policies and practices among cancer control planners and public health professionals

7. Evidence into Action Curriculum Contents Presentation slides with speakers’ note Interactive tools for applying concepts (i.e., worksheets, scavenger hunt) Glossary Facilitator’s guide

8. Curriculum Modules Session Defining Evidence Conducting Community Assessments Defining Evaluation Finding Evidence Selecting an Option that Fits Your Community Adapting an Evidence-based Approach to Fit Your Community Implementing and Evaluating Evidence-Based Strategies

9. National CPCRN Cross Center Trainings TrainingAudienceCPCRN Co-presenters Participants Putting Evidence into Practice SOPHE/PRC Conference Harvard, UNC, NCI, Emory 36 Providing Technical Assistance for Using Evidence CDC/NCCDPHP Project Officers UNC, Emory, UT Houston, CDC 55 53 Designing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs That Work National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) Academy – S/LHDs, Chronic Disease Directors UNC, UCLA, Emory, UT Houston, Univ Wash, CDC 28

10. 2013 National CPCRN Cross Center Trainings TrainingAudienceCPCRN Co-presenters Participants Evaluating Evidence-Based Policy, Systems, and Environmental Interventions 2013 SOPHE pre-conference Health educators, academics UNC, CDC, Emory, Univ WA 28 Putting Evidence into Action 2013 APHA Learning Institute State and local HDs, academics NCI, Wash U, UCLA, Emory Pending

11. Scaling up of Curriculun Collaboration with two Federal Agencies Linkage or use of curriculum materials to increase use of evidence-based resources (Community Guide, RTIPs) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute

12. CBTAT Expert Consultation CDC’s Community Guide to Preventive Services Community Guide Toolbox Committee Community Guide Website –Increasing use of Guide strategies Decision And Implementation Support System (DAISS)

13. CBTAT Expert Consultation National Cancer Institute Research to Reality Mentoring Program Research to Reality Cyber Seminars

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15. CBTAT Research Foci Support evaluation of training and TA activities Publications on the processes involved and evaluations of training, mini-grants, and TA on uptake of evidence Tailored Aid for Communities adapting Tested Interventions for Cancer Control– TACTICC Pat Mullen and Maria Fernandez, PIs, University of Texas, R01 Dissemination & Implementation Grant

16. CBTAT Publications: Training Escoffery C, Carvalho M, Kegler M. (2012). Evaluation of the Prevention Programs that Work curriculum to teach use of public health evidence to community practitioners. Health Prom Pract, 13(5), 707-15. Training lead to the greatest increased in these competencies: -locate evidence-based resources, -narrow search results of potential programs or strategies to reflect programmatic specifics, -define steps in the adaptation process, and -discuss factors during each phase of implementation

17. CBTAT Publications: Mini-grants McCracken JL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM et al. (2013). Findings from the community health intervention program in South Carolina: implications for reducing cancer-related health disparities. J Cancer Educ, 28(3):412-9. 3 community-based organizations were awarded $10,000 each to implement NCI evidence-based interventions: Eat for Life, Witness Project, Walking Trail Results showed an increase in physical activity, dietary improvements, and screening participation Collaboration resulted in a common goal of reducing cancer-related health disparities and building greater public health capacity

18. Linkage with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Technical Assistance - Community Guide Grantee/Local Health Departments (June 2013, Washington DC) Training – NACCHO 2013 Conference Using Data to Select and Adapt Evidence- Based Programs, Strategies and Policies (July 2013, Dallas, TX)

19. CBTAT Strengths Serving as content experts for CDC/NCI Efforts lead to increased visibility of CPCRN Research that informs capacity building processes and evaluates trainings and decision support tools Development of measures for evaluating training and TA impact Advancing training and technical assistance for use of evidence

20. CBTAT Workgroup Contacts Cam Escoffery, Chair Emory CPCRN cescoff@emory.edu Michelle Carvalho, Project Coordinator mlcarva@emory.edu Special thanks to all the CPCRN sites for their contributions to this workgroup.