Purpose

The mission of CPCRN is to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based cancer prevention and control in communities.

Project Description

The Network is engaged in research and practice activities that span the translation continuum from discovery to the dissemination and adoption of effective interventions. Our research activities will inform evidence reviews, especially the cancer-related sections of the Guide to Community Preventive Services.

However, we will go beyond advancing the science of cancer prevention and control, we will also influence public health and primary care practice. In particular, we will be actively engaged in enhancing large-scale efforts to reach underserved populations and reduce their burden of cancer.

Funding

• Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Cancer Institute
• Dates of funding: September 2009 – September 2014

Key Contacts

Principal Investigator: Kurt Ribisl, PhD
School of Public Health
317 Rosenau Hall, CB 7440
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440
Phone: 919-843-8042
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Project Director: Debbie Bush
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, CB# 7426
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426
Phone: 919-966-8013
Fax: 919-966-6264
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Links

CPCRN Homepage - http://www.cpcrn.org

CPCRN Funding Agencies

• http://www.cdc.gov/
• http://www.cancer.gov/

CPCRN Network Centers:

1. Emory Prevention Research Center http://www.sph.emory.edu/eprc/
2. Harvard Prevention Research Center/Boston University Prevention Research Center http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/prc/
3. Texas A&M University Prevention Research Center http://www.cchd.us/
4. Washington University (Saint Louis Prevention Research Cente)r http://beacon.wustl.edu/
5. UCLA Prevention Research Center http://www.rand.org/health/centers/adolescent/
6. University of Colorado at Denver http://www.uchsc.edu/rmprc/
7. UNC-CH Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative on North Carolina http://www.4cnc.org/
8. University of South Carolina at Columbia http://prevention.sph.sc.edu/
9. University of Texas Prevention Research Center http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/chppr/
10. University of Washington Prevention Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/hprc/about/

Resources

CPCRN one page description of the Network located at the following URL: http://www.cpcrn.org/pubs/CPCRN%20one%20pager.pdf

Publications

Harris J, Brown P, Coughlin S, Fernandez ME, Hebert JE, Kerner J, Prout M, Schwartz R, Simoes EJ, White C, and Wilson K. (2005). The cancer prevention and control research network. Preventing Chronic Disease. Available from URL: http://depts.washington.edu/hprc/docs/ab_jh_01_05.pdf.

Mullen PD, Allen JD, Glanz K, Fernandez ME, Bowen DJ, Pruitt SL, Glenn BA, and Pignone M. (2006) Measures used in studies of informed decision making about cancer screening: A systematic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 32:3, 169-171.