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SPOTLIGHT ON RESOURCES
This month’s spotlight falls on a fairly scarce resource for
health professionals: A guide to successful transfers of evidence-based
research into practice. Cancer Control PLANET is a Web portal from HHS
that aims to be a kind of “Consumer Reports” for cancer prevention
and care. Interested in what kinds of educational programs have been successful in changing seventh-graders’ attitudes about smoking? Are there any self-help guides out there that work just as well as intensive therapy in getting relapsed smokers to quit again? The PLANET summarizes successful studies in these areas and provides program guides and access to materials to try them out. At the moment, programs in tobacco control and physical activity interventions are the only ones available on the site, but sun safety, breast, cervical and colorectal screening and dietary topics are coming soon. The site guides users through a five-step process of building a cancer control program, providing resources at each set. Users can gauge specific risks and study historical cancer trends within their own states. They can also find contact information for local partners like regional branches of the CDC or American Cancer Society that may have established cancer control programs. Along with downloading evidence-based programs and products, users can also browse resources that allow them to plan and evaluate their own programs. The site is sponsored
by the National Cancer Institute, CDC, American Cancer Society and
HHS’s
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Interested
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