Pub Date : 2008-10-09DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95111.x
Tell A Friend (TAF) is the nationwide program of the American Cancer Society that aims to decrease breast cancer mortality by encouraging unscreened women to have mammograms using a peer-to-peer approach. An evaluation via the Collaborative Evaluation Fellows Project attempted to identify barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of TAF in the New England division. The proposed method included three surveys; this was revised because of a low response rate to the initial e-mailed survey. The actual method included one shortened survey and one follow-up survey. Results are presented for an initial and shortened survey for staff and a follow-up survey of respondents. Initial TAF implementation timelines were unrealistic, and the field staff encountered many barriers to implementation of TAF in the targeted communities. Changes are being made in training, management, and resources to ensure successful implementation. Continuous re-evaluation is planned to ensure the successful implementation and conduct of the program.
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Pub Date : 2008-10-09DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95113.x
Seven evaluation studies of American Cancer Society programs offer findings useful for improving the programs studied and have larger implications for public health initiatives that rely on volunteers, the training of trainers, professional referral agents, and outreach through faith organizations or other indigenous community groups. Studies documented the following, for example: higher levels of productivity among volunteers who are cancer survivors, have health-related backgrounds, have college degrees, or both; the value of using existing organizations to recruit volunteers; the need for improved selection methods to reduce attrition in programs using "train the trainer" models; and the outreach potential of faith organizations as nodes in social networks within communities. The studies demonstrate to all voluntary health organizations the importance of assembling an accurate database to describe their activities and to enable them to answer important management questions. Lessons from these studies also can contribute to the development of better methods for the study of public health programs and for the incorporation of evaluation into the process of continuous program improvement within voluntary health organizations.
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Pub Date : 2008-10-09DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95114.x
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Pub Date : 2008-10-09DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95115.x
The 300-year history of the American academy outlines many of the contemporary pressures that are shaping the modern university. Faculty members need to balance the expectations of teaching, research, and service to amass a dossier that will lead to tenure. The academy needs to offer curricula that prepare graduates to enter the work force. Administrators need to encourage strong community ties to convince benefactors to invest in the renovation and expansion of university facilities. These pressures are especially acute in academic public health. The public health research agenda has extended from the study of infectious disease into behavioral risk and chronic disease. Schools of public health struggle to link curriculum, research, and service that will educate students, advance scholarship, and develop community interaction for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. The Collaborative Evaluation Fellows Project provides a mechanism for the convergence and resolution of these pressures facing schools of public health.
{"title":"The CEFP: Implications for Public Health Education and Training","authors":"","doi":"10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95115.x","DOIUrl":"10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95115.x","url":null,"abstract":"The 300-year history of the American academy outlines many of the contemporary pressures that are shaping the modern university. Faculty members need to balance the expectations of teaching, research, and service to amass a dossier that will lead to tenure. The academy needs to offer curricula that prepare graduates to enter the work force. Administrators need to encourage strong community ties to convince benefactors to invest in the renovation and expansion of university facilities. These pressures are especially acute in academic public health. The public health research agenda has extended from the study of infectious disease into behavioral risk and chronic disease. Schools of public health struggle to link curriculum, research, and service that will educate students, advance scholarship, and develop community interaction for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. The Collaborative Evaluation Fellows Project provides a mechanism for the convergence and resolution of these pressures facing schools of public health.","PeriodicalId":79323,"journal":{"name":"Cancer practice","volume":"9 s1","pages":"S92-S98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95115.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57667850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-10-09DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.85001-1.x
{"title":"Newly Available Cancer Resources","authors":"","doi":"10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.85001-1.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.85001-1.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79323,"journal":{"name":"Cancer practice","volume":"8 5","pages":"208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.85001-1.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137504659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-10-09DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.95110.x
Evaluation fellows from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services conducted an evaluation of the Road to Recovery program of the Mid-Atlantic division of the American Cancer Society. The evaluation included qualitative analysis of program operation, mailed surveys, in-depth interviews with patients and drivers, and interviews with social workers from treatment centers. Results indicated that patients and drivers were satisfied with the program. Patients appreciated the ability of drivers to provide personalized, reliable service. The recruitment of sufficient drivers to meet transportation demand was a problem. High staff turnover and a lack of electronic tracking of standard information hindered program monitoring. A Mid-Atlantic Advisory Transportation Group reviewed the findings and made recommendations for service improvement. The Mid-Atlantic division evaluation contributed to an "evaluation synthesis" in which participants from the three divisions that had conducted Road to Recovery evaluations examined study data and made recommendations for reorganizing the national transportation program. A Transportation Program Design Team then held fact-finding meetings and adopted goals and objectives for a new national transportation program. The primary lesson learned was the far-reaching effects that a single program evaluation may have for various stakeholders and for an organization.
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