187234 Pacific cancer projects performance management plan

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Angela Sy, DrPH , John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department Public Health Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Karen A. Heckert, PhD, MPH, MSW , Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Neal Palafox, MD, MPH , John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Mililani, HI
Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD , John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Mililani, HI
Kouland Thin, MA , Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Background/Significance: The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH), John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai`i is implementing three CDC funded cancer prevention and control interventions in the ten US Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). DFMCH's newest program, Pacific Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities (CEED), includes a strong evaluation component. Community participatory approaches and the socio-ecological model provide a framework for implementation and evaluation of the eighteen CDC funded CEED programs throughout the US to reduce health disparities. Objective/Purpose: Pacific CEED's Performance Management Plan (PMP) was collaboratively developed with key USAPI stakeholders to cohesively track implementation of regional and jurisdiction activities for the three USAPI cancer prevention programs. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the PMP, its linkages for evaluation, and performance indicators across the three programs. Methods: The PMP for CEED, Comprehensive Cancer Control, and the Cancer Registry; 1) links the common goals and objectives, 2) defines the core indicators, 3) establishes baselines and targets and 4) identifies the shared measurement tools for joint planning, evaluation and performance reporting. Expected Results: Given limited resources, the PMP aims to streamline the evaluation of comprehensive cancer prevention and control projects in the USAPI and minimize duplication of data collection and reporting. Discussion/Conclusions: The Pacific cancer projects PMP may provide a model to evaluate similar comprehensive chronic disease interventions serving API and other underserved communities. Furthermore this evaluation approach may have implications for streamlining policies, systems, and organizational development for the USAPI cancer control efforts.

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will identify two objectives common across the Pacific cancer projects. 2. Participants will describe how the activities of one of the Pacific cancer projects support the objectives of another cancer project. 3. Participants will identify one implication of the Pacific cancer projects performance management plan for policy, systems, or organizational development.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have completed the work described in the abstract and have no conflict of interest
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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