Research to Reality

Honeycutt, Sally; Carvalho, Michelle; Glanz, Karen; Daniel, Sandra D.; Kegler, Michelle C.

doi:10.1097/phh.0b013e31822d4c69

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“…In addition, new rural Faith-Health Networks were formed in part due to the Emory partnerships and associated trainings; and the work was disseminated through three papers, two posters and multiple conference presentations often with community co-authors. 17,30 The Emory CPCRN grants program also informed the development of a national training curriculum for CPCRN.…”

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“…36 TA topics and process evaluation focused on implementation of core elements and program adaptation. 17,30 The focus of the fourth round of mini-grants (2012–2014) was to change organizational policies and environmental settings to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and reduce secondhand smoke exposure in faith-based organizations (Program B). These changes included strategies such as offering healthy foods and beverages at events, limiting unhealthy food options, promoting use of places to exercise like walking trails and stairs, and implementing tobacco-free policies at organizational events.…”

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“…20–22 Several dissemination projects have used monetary resources in the form of mini-grants for community partners in order to support the implementation of evidence-based health promotion interventions. 23–30 Funding can be used to incentivize community-based organizations to implement evidence-based approaches and can provide practical and much needed fiscal aid. The enthusiasm of a community with a recognized health need, funds for the actual implementation of the evidence-based intervention, and oversight and TA can build capacity for evidence-based approaches to health behavior change and improvement of health outcomes.…”

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Use of Mini-Grant to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

Kegler

Carvalho

Ory

et al. 2015

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Mini-grants are an increasingly common tool for engaging communities in evidence-based interventions (EBI) for promoting public health. This paper describes efforts by four Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Cancer Institute-funded Cancer Prevention and Control Research Networks to design and implement mini-grant programs to disseminate EBIs for cancer prevention and control. This paper describes source of EBI, funding levels, selection criteria, timeframe, number and size of grants, types of organizations funded, selected accomplishments, training and technical assistance (TA), and evaluation topics/methods. Grant size ranged from $1,000–10,000 (median=$6,250). This mini-grant opportunity was characterized by its emphasis on training and TA for evidence-based programming and dissemination of interventions from NCI’s Research Tested Intervention Programs and CDC’s Community Guide. All projects had an evaluation component although they varied in scope. Mini-grant processes described can serve as a model for organizations such as state health departments working to bridge the gap between research and practice.

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Use of Mini-Grant to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

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“…CPCRN researchers from Emory, UTH, Texas A&M, UCLA, and USC have instituted minigrant programs (ranging from $3,500–$12,000/participating organization) as another approach to supporting CBOs’ implementation of specific EBIs that have proven to be effective at changing diet, physical activity, and screening behaviors (37, 39, 42, 43). The training and technical assistance offered typically focused on several of the GTO steps, including goal setting, addressing capacity, planning, implementing, and evaluating.…”

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The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network: An Interactive Systems Approach to Advancing Cancer Control Implementation Research and Practice

Fernández

Melvin

Leeman

et al. 2014

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background Although cancer research has advanced at a rapid pace, a gap remains between what is known about how to improve cancer prevention and control (CPC) and what is implemented as best practices within health care systems and communities. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN), with more than 10 years of dissemination and implementation research experience, aims to accelerate the uptake and use of evidence-based CPC interventions. Methods The collective work of the CPCRN has facilitated the analysis and categorization of research and implementation efforts according to the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation (ISF), providing a useful heuristic for bridging the gap between prevention research and practice. The ISF authors have called for examples of its application as input to help refine the model. Results We provide examples of how the collaborative activities supported by the CPCRN, using community-engaged processes, accelerated the synthesis and translation of evidence, built both general and innovation-specific capacity, and worked with delivery systems to advance cancer control research and practice. Conclusions The work of the CPCRN has provided real-world examples of the application of the ISF and demonstrated that synthesizing and translating evidence can increase the potential that evidence-based CPC programs will be used and that capacity building for both the support system and the delivery system is crucial for the successful implementation and maintenance of evidence-based cancer control. Impact Adoption and implementation of CPC can be enhanced by better understanding ISF systems and intervening to improve them.

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“…CDC funded grantees through programs such as Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program and State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health have included strategies to promote healthy food access and increase physical activity as a means to improve health [33–38]. Churches and worksites have shown success in promoting changes to the nutritional environment in these settings, and increases in workplace health promotion practices were seen after introduction of evidenced-based NPA programs in rural workplaces [39, 40]. School-based programs have also shown success in promoting physical activity in students [41, 42].…”

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Nutrition and Physical Activity Strategies for Cancer Prevention in Current National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Plans

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Obesity, diet and physical inactivity are risk factors for some cancers. Grantees of the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) in US states, tribes, and territories develop plans to coordinate funding and activities for cancer prevention and control. Including information and goals related to nutrition and physical activity (NPA) is a key opportunity for primary cancer prevention, but it is currently unclear to what extent NCCCP plans address these issues. We reviewed 69 NCCCP plans and searched for terms related to NPA. Plans were coded as (1) knowledge of NPA and cancer link; (2) goals to improve NPA behaviors; and (3) strategies to increase healthy NPA activities, environments, or systems changes. NPA content was consistently included in all cancer plans examined across all years. Only 4 (6 %) outlined only the relationship between NPA and cancer without goals or strategies. Fifty-nine plans (89 %) contained goals or strategies related to NPA, with 53 (82 %) including both. However, numbers of goals, strategies, and detail provided varied widely. All programs recognized the importance of NPA in cancer prevention. Most plans included NPA goals and strategies. Increasing the presence of NPA strategies that can be modified or adapted appropriately locally could help with more widespread implementation and measurement of NPA interventions.

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Research to Reality

Abstract: A mini-grants and technical assistance model has the potential to be an effective mechanism for disseminating evidence-based programs to community organizations, and further study of this method is warranted.

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

Use of Mini-Grant to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

Use of Mini-Grant to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network: An Interactive Systems Approach to Advancing Cancer Control Implementation Research and Practice

Nutrition and Physical Activity Strategies for Cancer Prevention in Current National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Plans

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