The 4CNC was created to support researchers and communities across North Carolina in working together to reduce the burden of cancer.
We provide training and technical assistance to organizations that would like to apply proven effective strategies for preventing cancer, promoting early detection and leading people to high quality treatment and survivorship care.
Topic area(s): Dissemination; Technical Assistance and Training, Health Equity, Tobacco Prevention and Control; Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening; Preventing Cervical Cancer; Survivorship

Purpose

The 4CNC vision includes community members and researchers working together to reduce the burden of cancer, especially among those disproportionately affected. Our purpose is to conduct community-based cancer prevention and control research that:

• extends the knowledge base, especially in areas identified by the Guide to Community Preventive Services (www.thecommunityguide.org)
• addresses gaps in the evidence base by developing and/or adapting cancer prevention and control interventions, and
• leads to adoption, replication, implementation and dissemination of effective programs in communities.

Project Description

Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute as part of the CDC’s Prevention Research Network, the 4CNC is one of 10 centers nationwide that comprise the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN). One of CDC’s expectations is that these centers build their research on the knowledge base created by the systematic reviews and evidence-based recommendations in the Guide to Community Preventive Services.

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention administers 4CNC. Our team includes UNC faculty and staff from the School of Nursing, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Funding

• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PRC Special Interest Projects and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Dates of funding: September 30, 2005 – September 29, 2014
• Current Status: Active

Key Contacts

Website: www.4cnc.org

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Leeman, DrPH

Project Director: Alexis Moore, MPH
Telephone: (919) 843-7027
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Mailing Address:
CB# 7424
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7424

Funders

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/)
• National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

University Partners

• Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) (www.cpcrn.org)
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (http://cancer.med.unc.edu),
• Sheps Center for Health Services Research (www.shepscenter.unc.edu),
• UNC School of Public Health (www.sph.unc.edu).
• UNC School of Medicine (www.med.unc.edu),