Abstract
Purpose
Cancer control interventions are difficult to implement with fidelity, while tailoring to fit contexts. Engaged approaches are suggested to advance equity. On-the-ground practitioners are needed to serve as collaborators in the implementation process with research teams, but few trainings are designed with them in mind.
Methods
The Cancer Control Implementation Science Base Camp (CCISBC) was created to improve capacity among cancer control practitioners when implementing evidence-based cancer screening programs in specific contexts. Development of the curriculum included the following: (1) performing a literature review assessing extant curricula, (2) comparing competencies of these curricula, (3) user-centered design, (4) producing learning materials, (5) recruiting two teams to test a pilot, (6) running the pilot, and (7) evaluating results.
Results
Nine competencies overlapped between four of the curricula scanned in this study, all of which served as the basis for learning objectives. Principles that emerged from design sessions included staying clear about terminology, supporting the brokerage of knowledge, reframing theories, models, and frameworks as tools, and including equity in everything. Pilot testing showed that the average learner increased 74.5% in knowledge and 75% in confidence regarding implementing evidence-based cancer screening. Evidence suggests that the training increased the skill of implementing evidence-based interventions (EBIs) with a health equity lens.
Conclusion
In order to scale practice-based evidence, practitioners will need to be engaged. This engagement is optimized when practitioners are trained to collaborate on implementation research. The CCISBC is a feasible program to develop capacity among practitioners in comprehensive cancer control in order to optimize EBIs tailored to context.
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Abbreviations
- CCC:
-
Comprehensive Cancer Control
- CCCNP:
-
Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership
- CCISBC:
-
Cancer Control Implementation Science Base Camp
- CCP:
-
Cancer control practitioners
- CDC:
-
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CFIR:
-
Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
- CPCRN:
-
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
- CU:
-
University of Colorado
- EBIs:
-
Evidence-based interventions
- ERIC:
-
Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change
- FRAME:
-
Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications-Enhanced
- ISG:
-
Implementation Science at a Glance
- KMB:
-
Knowledge Mobilization Competencies
- MT-DIRC:
-
Mentored Training in Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer
- NCCCP:
-
National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
- NCI:
-
National Cancer Institute
- PSAT:
-
Program SustainabilityAssessment Tool
- TCI:
-
The Center for Implementation
- TIDIRC:
-
Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer
- UCSF:
-
University of California at San Francisco
- UNC:
-
University of North Carolina
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Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Rachel Silber, Leila Habib, and Sarah Adler for providing contributions to the CCISBC. We are also grateful to Steering Committee Members: Heather Brandt, Christi Cahill, David Chambers, Gloria Coronado, Shauntay Davis-Patterson, Polly Hager, Erin Hahn, Caleb Levell, Tamara Robinson, Randy Schwartz, and Kelly Wells Sittig; their input was invaluable to the development and delivery process. This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement #NU58DP006461-03 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views expressed in written workshop materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the US Government.
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This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement #NU58DP006461-03 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views expressed in written workshop materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the US Government.
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Astorino, J.A., Kerch, S. & Pratt-Chapman, M.L. Building implementation science capacity among practitioners of cancer control: development of a pilot training curriculum. Cancer Causes Control 33, 1181–1191 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-022-01604-8
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