Resources
Cancer Prevention and Control Tools
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
- Canadian Portal (The Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention)
- Cancer Control PLANET
- Community Guide (CDC Guide to Community Preventive Services)
- Examples of Logic Models and an on-line self-study module: "Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models"
- The July 2008 Supplement of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- North Carolina Cancer Plan
- North Carolina Cancer Report Card (2007)
- North Carolina Cancer Report Card (2008)
- The Pink Book - Making Health Communication Programs Work
- RTIPS (NCI Research Tested Intervention Programs)
- 1999-2005 United States Cancer Statistics: Incidence and Mortality web-based report
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment
- NC BCCCP Website Goes Live!
- CDC cost effectiveness analysis of breast and cervical cancer screening programs for uninsured or underinsured women
- HPV Vaccine Project
- NC Breast Cancer Resource Directory
Colon Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment
- American Cancer Society Learn about Colon and Rectum Cancer
- CDC Colorectal Cancer Demonstration Project
- CDC Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Control initiatives
- Colon Cancer Alliance
- Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
- Colorectal Cancer Testing in the Medicare Population (a report)
- Public Health Grand Rounds Collaborating to Conquer Colorectal Cancer: Fulfilling the Promise of Prevention, June 2005
- Screen for Life
- US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines on Screening For Colorectal Cancer, 2002
- US Preventive Services Task Force systematic review on Cost effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening
- Center for Colon Cancer Research (USC): Toolkits to Promote Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention in Your Community
Tobacco Use Prevention and Control
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- CDC – Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
- The Community Guide to Preventive Services: Recommendations for Tobacco Prevention
- The National Partnership for Smoke-Free Families
- NC Alliance for Health
- NC Prevention Partners
- NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
- Tobacco Retail Price Manipulation: Proceedings from a 2008 policy strategy summit (pdf)
Technical Assistance and Consultation for Implementing and Evaluating Programs
- Dissemination Core at UNC Lineberger
- Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation
- Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
- Emory University on-line training "Prevention Programs that Work"
- National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action - The Johns Hopkins University Press has launched a new national, peer-reviewed journal. The journal will identify model programs that use community health partnerships and community-based participatory research to improve public health.
- UNC CTSA North Carolina Translational and Clincal Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute - Services and resources for translational and clinical research
- Evidence-Based Behavioral-Practice (EBBP) launches new training portal to help bridge the
gap between behavioral health research and practice. Modules currently available include ‘Randomized Controlled Trials’ and ‘Critical Appraisal’.
Other Useful Cancer Prevention and Control Links
- American Cancer Society
- Cancer Information Service
- North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Program
- Research Dissemination and Diffusion Team at NCI
- UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention