February 2020 │ Vol 7 │ Issue 5

Welcome to the Cancer Control Technical Assistance Periodical (TAP). Any questions? Drop us a line at cancercontrol@gwu.edu.

NEWS FROM THE GW CANCER CENTER

Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Module Colorectal Cancer Awareness month is just around the corner in March! Get a jump on your preparations by reviewing the colorectal cancer survivorship module in Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series for Primary Care Providers. To help you promote the course among your partners, download the Marketing and Dissemination Toolkit for Online Courses from the GW Cancer Center. Survivorship Planning Tools Are you planning to hold workshops as part of your comprehensive cancer control survivorship supplement work? If so, let us help! Download our Advancing Patient-Centered Cancer Survivorship Care Toolkit, which contains a workshop planning and facilitation guide, a workshop slide deck, implementation tools, a patient worksheet, a provider checklist, and related resources. CCC Coalition and Program Leaders Zoom Meet-Ups  January's Zoom meet-up from the Sustaining Coalitions Work Group of the Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) National Partnership focused on diversifying resources. Notes from the January meet-up are available here. Mark your calendar for the next meet-up on April 28 at 4:00 PM ET. We will discuss engaging clinical and academic partners in CCC coalitions.

CANCER CONTROL SPOTLIGHT

In the United States, the smoking prevalence of individuals covered by Medicaid is higher than that of individuals with private insurance. Building on research showing the effectiveness of economic incentives for short-term preventive health care and behavior change, the California Department of Health Care Services conducted a study to examine the impact of a comprehensive incentive-based smoking cessation program on the state's Medi-Cal population. The study demonstrated that the use of incentives was successful in both increasing the number of calls to the state's tobacco quitline and decreasing costs. Read more about this successful initiative here .

TRAINING AND EVENTS

3/2-3/3: Event - Advancing Progress in the Development and Implementation of Effective, High-Quality Cancer Screening Register 3/5: Webinar - Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Webcast Register 3/12: Webinar - Advancing Smoking Cessation in California's Medicaid Population: The Medi-Cal Incentives to Quit Smoking (MIQS) Project Register 3/25: Webinar - The Who-What-When-Where-Why of Lung Cancer Screening Register 3/26-3/27: Event - Open Forum for Quality Improvement and Innovation Register

RESOURCES

Archived Webinar : Us vs. HPV 2020 Series Archived Webinar: Rural Disparities in Health and Healthcare by Race and Ethnicity Resource: A Bivariate Mapping Tutorial for Cancer Control Resource Allocation Decisions and Interventions Resource: Sexual & Gender Minority Inclusion in State Comprehensive Cancer Plans

WHAT WE'RE READING

BBC: Landmark Study to Transform Cancer Treatment Washington Post: U.S. Life Expectancy Ticks Up as Drug Fatalities and Cancer Deaths Drop Time: 'It's Insidious': How Juul Pitched E-Cigs to Native American Tribes MedicineNet: Nearly Half of U.S. Smokers Not Advised by Doctors to Quit: Surgeon General

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

National Institutes of Health Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (due 3/17) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Partnerships to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Clinical Settings (due 3/17) American Cancer Society RFA: Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and Their Families (due 4/1) NIH Building Population Health Research Capacity in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island (due 7/15)

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