Improving Cancer Prevention and Control Through Academic-local Public Health Department Partnerships
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT06605196
- Lead Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
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).
- Detailed 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 kn...
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 364
- 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.
• Individuals under the age of 18 years old.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Implementation Arm Resources and guided facilitation The implementation arm will receive tailored, guided support to improve their AHD partnerships. Control Arm Existing resources The control arm will be referred to existing resources in the Learning Community but will not receive new resources or guided facilitation.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evidence-Based Interventions Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will see 5 questions about interventions related to specific public health program areas. They will be asked if their agency or institution has delivered those interventions within the last year. Possible score of 0 to 5. Higher score indicates a better outcome.
Academic Health Department Evidence-Based Interventions Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will see 5 questions about interventions related to specific public health program areas. They will be asked if their academic health department has delivered those interventions within the last year. Possible score of 0 to 5. Higher score indicates a better outcome.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Organizational Collaboration - Aligning strategy Baseline, 2 years post baseline Survey participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Organizational Collaboration - Coordinating Current Work Baseline, 2 years post baseline Survey participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Joint Decision Making Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Joint Operation Baseline, 2 years post baseline Survey participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." An overall operation score will be calculated by taking the average of the 2 characteristics. Higher scores indicate stronger partnerships.
...Reduced Autonomy Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Lower scores indicate a better outcome.
...Resource Sharing Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Perceived Collaboration Outcomes Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their academic-health department partnership on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Awareness of Evidence-Based Decision Making Culture Supportive of Evidence-Based Decision Making Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of opportunities to learn about and apply evidence-based decision making on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Capacity and Expectations for Evidence-based Decision Making Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of opportunities to learn about and apply evidence-based decision making on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
Please indicate the extent to which you agree with the following statements.
...Resource Availability Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of resource availability in their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Evaluation Capacity Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of evaluation capacity in their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Individual Skills Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their individual public health skills on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." Scores for each of the 6 characteristics will be dichotomized into strongly agree/agree (1) and neither disagree or agree/disagree/strongly disagree (0). Higher scores indicate a better outcome...
Organizational Capacity for Evidence-Based Decision Making/Leadership Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of leadership in their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." Scores for each of the 7 characteristics will be dichotomized into strongly agree/agree (1) and neither disagree or agree/disagree/strongly disagree (0). Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Individual Skills for Health Equity Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of health equity within their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Leadership Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of leadership in their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." Scores for each of the 7 characteristics will be dichotomized into strongly agree/agree (1) and neither disagree or agree/disagree/strongly disagree (0).
Leadership in my agency....
...Organizational Climate and Culture Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of organizational climate and culture within their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Organizational Characteristics Related to Health Equity Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of organizational climate and culture within their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." A summary score will be created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
...Environmental Support Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." An overall environmental support score will be calculated by taking the average of the 3 characteristics. Possible score of 1 to 5. Higher score indicates a better outcome.
...Funding Stability Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." An overall funding stability score will be calculated by taking the average of the 5 characteristics. Possible score of 1 to 5. Higher score indicates a better outcome.
...Strategic Planning Baseline, 2 years post baseline Participants will be asked to rate their perceptions of their agency on a 5-point ordered scale from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree." An overall strategic planning score will be calculated by taking the average of the 3 characteristics. Possible score of 1 to 5. Higher score indicates a better outcome.
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis
🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, United States