Cancer Prevention & Control Research Network

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Mini-Grants

• “Nutrition Programs That Work”• RFA for rural SW Georgia• Programs from RTIPs • $4K & technical assistance• 4 churches: Body & Soul Program• 3 work sites: Treatwell 5-A-Day

Planning for Year 4 currently underway

Mini-Grants Process Evaluation

Aims:• Assess to what extent the sites

implemented interventions with fidelity • Generate lessons learned to inform

potential future mini-grant dissemination activities.

Constructs:Considering fidelity, adaptation, reach, context, resources, maintenance

PI: Kara Jacobson, MPH, CHESCoordinator: Karen McMorris

Prostate Cancer Resource Guide

• Assessed 50+ educational materials• 37 key informant interviews• 17 materials selected:

• General Information• Screening• Informed Decision Making

• Dissemination Plan:– Regional Programs of Excellence,

health agencies, community groups– Lunch & Learns, Conferences, etc.– Electronic format on webpage:

http://www.sph.emory.edu/EPRC

Mixed Use DevelopmentCase Studies

Project Leader: Karen Mumford, PhD

GRA: Ben Gerhardstein

• Partnering w/ Livable Communities Coalition• Inventory & rapid assessment of health assets

in 13-county metro Atlanta mixed use sites• Develop typology to select 3-5 sites• Case studies:

– Developer: Did health influence design decisions?– Resident: Why move? Have health

behaviors changed since moving?http://www.atlanticstation.com

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Pool Cool Plus For Lifeguards

• Uses a peer-driven approach to improving sun-safety among aquatic staff at outdoor pools

• Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of new skin cancer prevention strategies for lifeguards at swimming pools

• Objectives:– evaluating and enhancing methods and

models for the dissemination and implementation of a program targeting a high-risk population

– improving workplace safety and health– incorporating electronic media into health

interventions

Evidence Based Programs

“Prevention Programs That Work”

Cam Escofferey, PhD, MPH• EBA Workshops in Atlanta & SW Ga• State conference (GFPHE)

Inventory and Assessment of National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Interventions

• PI: Cam Escoffery, PhD

(Emory)

• Centers: Emory, Harvard,

Morehouse, SLU, UCLA,

UNC Coordinating Center,

UNC, UT, UW

• Funder: CDC

• Assess the extent to which

recruitment and

intervention activities are

evidence-based

Atlantic Station Health Study and SHIFT to NewTown (Studying Health Improvements in Families in Transition)

• PIs: Karen Mumford, PhD (Emory),

Ross Brownson, PhD (SLU); Co-PI:

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH (Emory)

• Centers: Emory, SLU

• Funders: CDC, AIG Global Investment

Group, and Atlantic Station, LLC• Does relocation to a dense,

mixed-use residential environment

promote physical activity (PA) and

pedestrian-oriented travel

behavior?

CPCRN Team

Faculty:• Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH• Michelle Kegler, DrPH, MPH• Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES• Karen Mumford, PhD• Kara Jacobson, MPH, CHESStaff• Michelle Carvalho• Margaret Clawson, MPH• Sally Honeycutt, MPH• Johanna Hinman, MPH, CHES• Jenifer Brents• Randi Williams• Kayshin Chan• Ben Gerhardstein