ARC NWAlliance for Reducing Cancer

Northwest

Boston

November, 2007

Funded Personnel

Gloria Coronado PhD

Peggy Hannon PhD, MPH

Jeffrey Harris MD, MPH, MBA

Nancy Healy MS

Vicky Taylor MD, MPH

Shin-Ping Tu MD, MPH

Examples of Partner Organizations

American Cancer SocietyCancer Information Service

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterGroup Health Cooperative

Public Health – Seattle and King CountyVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System

Washington State Department of Health

Current Objectives

Continue active participation in Washington Comprehensive Cancer Control Partnership (WCCCP)

Conduct pilot research projects Maintain focus on cancer screening projects Maintain focus on workplace projects Increase emphasis on health disparities projects Increase involvement of community-based

organizations

WCCCP Committees

Committee Representative(s)

Surveillance and evaluation

Peggy Hannon *

Colorectal cancer Peggy Hannon and Shin-Ping Tu

Prostate cancer Peggy Hannon

Dialogue for action Shin-Ping Tu *

* Chair

WCCCP Technical Assistance

Designing an evaluation plan for WCCCP

Providing literature updates to the colorectal and prostate task forces

Collaborating with WCCCP-funded community-based organizations that are promoting informed decision-making for prostate cancer screening and treatment

Peggy Hannon and Thuy Vu

Colorectal Cancer Pilot Projects

Project Partner

Organization

Investigators

Qualitative study of colorectal cancer screening barriers among HMO physicians

Group Health Cooperative

Laura-Mae Baldwin Katie O’Farrell

Quantitative study of colorectal cancer screening rates among Asian HMO enrollees

Group Health Cooperative

Beverly Green

Shin-Ping Tu

HPV Pilot Projects

Project Partner

Organization

Investigator

Qualitative study of HPV vaccine attitudes among Latino parents

Sea Mar Community Clinic

Gloria Coronado

Qualitative study of HPV vaccine attitudes among Cambodian parents and community leaders

Cambodian Women’s Association

Vicky Taylor

Obesity Pilot Project

Project Partner

Organization

Investigator

Qualitative study of physical activity, diet,

and obesity among Samoans

National Samoan Nurses Association

Shin-Ping Tu

Ongoing Collaborative Projects

Project CPCRN

Sites

Investigators

Hepatitis B ESL education for Asian immigrants

Seattle Los Angeles

Vicky Taylor Gloria Coronado Shin-Ping Tu Roshan Bastani

Increasing hepatitis B screening among Korean church attendees

Los Angeles Seattle

Roshan Bastani Vicky Taylor

New Collaborative Projects

Project CPCRN

Sites

Investigators

Cancer control dissemination to Asian Americans

Seattle Los Angeles

Shin-Ping Tu Vicky Taylor Roshan Bastani

Intervention to increase screening for cervical cancer in women of Mexican descent

Houston Seattle

Theresa Byrd Maria Fernandez Gloria Coronado

Marketing Workplace Chronic Disease Prevention

Randomized controlled trial involving mid-sized employers

Evaluation of workplace solutions intervention (a consulting approach to increase employers’ adoption of evidence-based chronic disease prevention practices)

Peggy Hannon and Jeffrey Harris