Transcript ARC NW Planning Meeting

ARC NW
Alliance for Reducing Cancer
Northwest
Boston
November, 2007
Funded Personnel
Gloria Coronado PhD
Peggy Hannon PhD, MPH
Jeffrey Harris MD, MPH, MBA
Nancy Healy MS
Vicky Taylor MD, MPH
Shin-Ping Tu MD, MPH
Examples of Partner
Organizations
American Cancer Society
Cancer Information Service
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Group Health Cooperative
Public Health – Seattle and King County
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Washington State Department of Health
Current Objectives
 Continue active participation in Washington
Comprehensive Cancer Control Partnership
(WCCCP)
 Conduct pilot research projects
 Maintain focus on cancer screening projects
 Maintain focus on workplace projects
 Increase emphasis on health disparities projects
 Increase involvement of community-based
organizations
WCCCP Committees
Committee
Representative(s)
Surveillance and
evaluation
Peggy Hannon *
Colorectal cancer
Peggy Hannon and Shin-Ping Tu
Prostate cancer
Peggy Hannon
Dialogue for action
Shin-Ping Tu *
* Chair
WCCCP Technical Assistance
 Designing an evaluation plan for WCCCP
 Providing literature updates to the colorectal and
prostate task forces
 Collaborating with WCCCP-funded communitybased organizations that are promoting informed
decision-making for prostate cancer screening
and treatment
 Peggy Hannon and Thuy Vu
Colorectal Cancer Pilot Projects
Project
Partner
Organization
Investigators
Qualitative study of
Group Health
colorectal cancer
Cooperative
screening barriers among
HMO physicians
Laura-Mae
Baldwin
Katie O’Farrell
Quantitative study of
colorectal cancer
screening rates among
Asian HMO enrollees
Beverly Green
Shin-Ping Tu
Group Health
Cooperative
HPV Pilot Projects
Project
Partner
Organization
Investigator
Qualitative study of HPV
vaccine attitudes among
Latino parents
Sea Mar
Community
Clinic
Gloria Coronado
Qualitative study of HPV
vaccine attitudes among
Cambodian parents and
community leaders
Cambodian
Women’s
Association
Vicky Taylor
Obesity Pilot Project
Project
Partner
Organization
Investigator
Qualitative study of
physical activity, diet,
and obesity among
Samoans
National
Samoan
Nurses
Association
Shin-Ping Tu
Ongoing Collaborative Projects
Project
CPCRN
Sites
Investigators
Hepatitis B ESL
education for Asian
immigrants
Seattle
Los Angeles
Vicky Taylor
Gloria Coronado
Shin-Ping Tu
Roshan Bastani
Increasing hepatitis B
screening among
Korean church
attendees
Los Angeles
Seattle
Roshan Bastani
Vicky Taylor
New Collaborative Projects
Project
CPCRN
Sites
Investigators
Cancer control
Seattle
dissemination to Asian Los Angeles
Americans
Shin-Ping Tu
Vicky Taylor
Roshan Bastani
Intervention to
increase screening for
cervical cancer in
women of Mexican
descent
Theresa Byrd
Maria Fernandez
Gloria Coronado
Houston
Seattle
Marketing Workplace Chronic
Disease Prevention
 Randomized controlled trial involving mid-sized
employers
 Evaluation of workplace solutions intervention (a
consulting approach to increase employers’
adoption of evidence-based chronic disease
prevention practices)
 Peggy Hannon and Jeffrey Harris