TY - JOUR
T1 - Maximizing Benefits for Effective Cancer Survivorship Programming
T2 - Defining a Dissemination and Implementation Plan
AU - Kathleen, Y. WOLIN
AU - Colditz, Graham A.
AU - Proctor, Enola K.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Although calls for improvements in cancer survivorship planning and programming exist, implementation has lagged. As with most guidelines, moving from recommendations to implementation requires active planning and systems changes to insure sustained use. Here, we draw on the latest in implementation science to outline a process that cancer organizations can use in designing, implementing, prioritizing, and evaluating cancer survivor programs to improve patient outcomes, using smoking cessation as a primary example. We consider the scientific evidence for benefit from interventions and the strategy for implementation and evaluation to sustain programs.
AB - Although calls for improvements in cancer survivorship planning and programming exist, implementation has lagged. As with most guidelines, moving from recommendations to implementation requires active planning and systems changes to insure sustained use. Here, we draw on the latest in implementation science to outline a process that cancer organizations can use in designing, implementing, prioritizing, and evaluating cancer survivor programs to improve patient outcomes, using smoking cessation as a primary example. We consider the scientific evidence for benefit from interventions and the strategy for implementation and evaluation to sustain programs.
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U2 - 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0054
DO - 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0054
M3 - Article
C2 - 21765196
AN - SCOPUS:80052254960
SN - 1083-7159
VL - 16
SP - 1189
EP - 1196
JO - Oncologist
JF - Oncologist
IS - 8
ER -
