Improving Cancer Prevention and Control Through Academic-local Public Health Department Partnerships (AHD)

The Washington University

Status: Begins enrollment in 2 months

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Existing resources; Behavioral: Resources and guided facilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06605196

R37CA262011 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to understand how to leverage structures and processes of academic health department (AHD) partnerships to facilitate implementation of cancer related evidence-based programs and policies (EBPPs).

Full description

The investigators will conduct a group-randomized study (total N=28 AHD partnerships) to evaluate the effect of strategies to increase implementation of cancer control and prevention EBPPs by supporting AHD partnerships. Partnerships will be randomized 1:1 to either an active implementation arm in which they will receive tailored strategies based on prior knowledge of successful partnerships or to an existing set of resources for AHD partnerships. A mixed methods approach will be used to evaluate changes in AHD partnerships and understand how contextual factors may have impacted the AHD partnership's ability to support EBPP adoption.

Enrollment: 364 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Local health department practitioners who are involved in the implementation of cancer prevention and control programs within their communities and are engaged in an academic-health department partnership.
• Employees in academic settings currently partnering with local health departments. These partnerships could be located anywhere within the United States.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals under the age of 18 years old.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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364 participants in 2 patient groups

Implementation Arm

Experimental group

Description:

The implementation arm will receive tailored, guided support to improve their AHD partnerships.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resources and guided facilitation

Control Arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control arm will be referred to existing resources in the Learning Community but will not receive new resources or guided facilitation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Existing resources