How the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership shapes the public health workforce

Abstract

This paper explores how, through its extensive network of partners, the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership (National Partnership) has provided a robust array of trainings, learning institutes, webinars, workshops, mentorship programs, and direct technical assistance to comprehensive cancer control programs and coalitions over the past 20 years. Mapping these activities to specific cancer control competencies revealed that the efforts of the National Partnership adequately address the core competencies necessary for an effective workforce and have the potential to increase practitioner capacity to adopt and implement evidence-based cancer control programs. Ensuring the continued availability and uptake of these tools, trainings and partnerships could potentially address gaps and barriers in the public health workforce related to evidence-based practice.

Comprehensive cancer control in the U.S.: summarizing twenty years of progress and looking ahead

“…This Special Issue highlights the importance of strong and effective partnerships in several articles. “Collaborating to Conquer Cancer: The Role of Partnerships in Comprehensive Cancer Control” [2]; “Advancing Health Equity through the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program” [3]; “How the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership Shapes the Public Health Workforce” [4]; and “ Evaluating Centralized Technical Assistance as an Implementation Strategy to Improve Cancer Prevention and Control” [5], demonstrate how effective coalitions can be designed and how they can be used to address important issues in cancer control.…”