Researchers,"Providers"&"Policymakers " - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A"Cancer"Preven+on"Centre"" To"Bring"Together"" Researchers,"Providers"&"Policymakers" " ""

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Carolyn(Gotay,(PhD( Canadian(Cancer(Society(Chair(in(( Cancer(Primary(Preven6on( University(of(Bri6sh(Columbia( Vancouver,(BC(Canada(

Why"a"Cancer"Preven+on"Centre?"

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"Almost"half"of"Canadian"cancer"cases"and"cancer" deaths"are"poten+ally"preventable" "each"year*….." " "….yet"progress"remains"slow"and"uncoordinated."" " "

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"" " " *""""""Surveillance"&"Risk"Assessment"Division,"CCDPC,"Public"Health"Agency"of"

Canada"

A"Centre"Focused"on"" Cancer"Preven+on"Can"Facilitate:"

• Visibility"and"increased"salience"of"preven+on"research,"

guidelines,"policy"

• Crea+on"of"a"cri+cal"mass"of"individuals"interested"in"this"area"
• Opportuni+es"to"bring"researchers,"prac++oners,"and"policy"

makers"together"

• Enhanced"connec+on"between"the"Canadian"Cancer"Society"

(CCS)"and"research"community:"to"guide"programs"and" research,"facilitate"knowledge"transfer"and"dissemina+on"

CCRA"Cancer"Preven+on"Research"Strategic" Framework"Report"Recommenda+on"#2*"

• With"respect"to"expanding"preven+on"research"

infrastructures,"CCRA"member"organiza+ons"should"work" together"to:""

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a)"network"exis+ng"centres"of"excellence"in"risk"factor"and"preven+on" related"research"across"Canada"to"increase"knowledge"exchange" across"disciplines,"sectors"and"jurisdic+ons" b)"expand"investments"in"new"centres"of"excellence"in"cancer"risk"factor" and"preven+on"research,"par+cularly"in"jurisdic+ons"where"addi+onal" research"exper+se"can"expand"the"effec+veness"of"cancer"preven+on" prac+ce"and"policy"ini+a+ves." *"Cancer"Preven+on"Research"in"Canada:""A"Strategic"Framework"for" Collabora+ve"Ac+on.""Canadian"Cancer"Research"Alliance,"May"2012."

CCS"UBC" Cancer"Preven+on"Centre"

• Phase"I:

" "Appointment"of"Chair"

• Support"from"CCS[BCY"and"Province"of"Bri+sh"Columbia"
• Completed:"2008"
• Phase"II: "

"Building"infrastructure"

• Ini+a+ng"&"conduc+ng"research"programs"
• Developing"connec+ons"with"provincial,"na+onal"&"

interna+onal"resources"

• A^rac+ng"Centre"members"&"trainees"
• Responding"to"emerging"opportuni+es"&"needs"

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• Phase"III: "Developing"a"designated"physical" "

" " " "loca+on" """""" " " " " ""

Selected"Projects"

• Worker"knowledge"and"a_tudes"regarding"

carcinogens"in"the"workplace"

• Interven+ons"to"increase"worksite"wellness"
• Breast"Cancer"Risk"Reduc+on"Clinic"
• Sleep"interven+on"to"reduce"cancer"risks"in"shi`"

workers"

• Socioeconomic"status"and"cancer"incidence"and"

mortality"in"BC"

Complementarity"Between"" CCS"BCY"&"UBC"

Worksite"Wellness"

• Worksite"health"promo+on"research"not"widespread"

in"Canada" "

• Opportunity"for"funding"cancer"preven+on"

interven+ons"from"CCSRI" "

• CCS"BCY"had"just"completed"worksite"program"in"

tobacco"control,"wanted"to"expand"to"nutri+on," physical"ac+vity"

Research"Program"

• Proposal"developed"to"test"CCS"BCY"approach"in"

context"of"3[arm"randomized"trial" – Successfully"funded,"currently"ongoing"

• This"spring,"BC"government"funded"CCS"BCY"for"new"

worksite"health"promo+on"project"" – Experience"with"research"project"contributed"to" CCS"BCY’s"selec+on"to"do"this"work"

• Results"can"be"disseminated"within"CCS"BCY,"through"

na+onal"CCS"networks"

Integra+on"Between"Cancer"Preven+on" Research"and"CCS"BCY"

CCS" Programs"&" Policy" Implemen[ ta+on" Research" Ideas" Dissemin[ a+on" Research"" Results"

Cancer"Preven+on"&"" Risk"Factor"Research"Paradigm*"

*"Cancer"Preven+on"Research"in"Canada:""A"Strategic"Framework"for"Collabora+ve" Ac+on.""Canadian"Cancer"Research"Alliance,"May"2012."