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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Evidence for Public Health Approaches to Cancer Screening Promotion: Translating Research Into Practice (Update on Health Services Research)
3376.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Evidence for Public Health Approaches to Cancer Screening Promotion: Translating Research Into Practice (Update on Health Services Research)
This session will provide an overview of factors that influence the uptake of cancer screening tests and examines two innovative, large-scale ongoing evidence-based interventions that effectively promote their use. The overview paper in this session examines reasons for disparities in screening uptake. Increasing medical care costs and diminishing public resources make innovative evidence-based interventions to promote cancer screening and continuity of care among safety-net providers and in medically underserved communities especially urgent now. The second paper in this session will describe the Cancer Health Disparities Collaborative, an intervention to promote screening and continuity of care among safety-net providers. This program uses evaluation and feedback to improve cancer screening and follow-up among community health centers that serve poor, minority, and other underserved populations. The third presentation in this session will discuss the Pathfinders study. The study examined whether a single strategy could target multiple ethnicities tailored to participants cultural and individual characteristics. Evidence will be presented to show that tailored strategies with varying focal points is feasible and important for promotion of evidence-based practice.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Nancy Breen, PhD
Presider(s):Katherine S. Virgo, PhD, MBA
Discussant(s):Jon Kerner, PhD
4:30 PMEvidence base for cancer screening promotion: How good a fit for public health practice?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nancy Breen, PhD, Helen Meissner, PhD
4:50 PMTranslating research into practice and evaluating performance in community health centers: The Cancer Health Disparities Collaborative  [ Recorded presentation ]
David Haggstrom, MD, MAS, Stephen Taplin, MD
5:10 PMPractice-based evidence to promote cancer screening in communities  [ Recorded presentation ]
Rena J. Pasick, DrPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA