Use of Mini-Grant to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Michelle Kegler, Emory University; Michelle L. Carvalho, Emory University; Marcia Ory, Texas A&M University; Deb Kellstedt, Texas A&M University; Daniela B. Friedman, University of South Carolina; James Lyndon McCracken, University of South Carolina; Glenna Dawson, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Maria Fernandez, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Language: English
• Date: 2015-09-01
• Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000228
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
• ISSN: 1078-4659
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 5
• Start Page: 487
• End Page: 495
• Grant/Funding Information: This publication was supported by the CDC and the National Cancer Institute through the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network, a network within the CDC’s Prevention Research Centers Program (Emory University, U48DP001909; Texas A&M Health Science Center, U48DP001924; University of South Carolina, U48DP001936; and University of Texas at Houston, U48DP001949).; The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC and NCI.
• Keywords: mini-grant; cancer prevention and control; INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK; evidence-based; IMPLEMENTATION; CHURCHES; DIFFUSION; PUBLIC-HEALTH; TRIPLE-AIM; EFFECTIVENESS TRANSITION; dissemination; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; PROGRAMS; TRANSLATION; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; translation; CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION; Science & Technology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Oncology; Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

Mini-grants are an increasingly common tool for engaging communities in evidence-based interventions for promoting public health. This article describes efforts by 4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Cancer Institutea "funded Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network centers to design and implement mini-grant programs to disseminate evidence-based interventions for cancer prevention and control. This article also describes source of evidence-based interventions, funding levels, selection criteria, time frame, number and size of grants, types of organizations funded, selected accomplishments, training and technical assistance, and evaluation topics/methods. Grant size ranged from $1000 to $10 000 (median = $6250). This mini-grant opportunity was characterized by its emphasis on training and technical assistance for evidence-based programming and dissemination of interventions from National Cancer Institute's Research-Tested Intervention Programs and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guide to Community Preventive Services. All projects had an evaluation component, although they varied in scope. Mini-grant processes described can serve as a model for organizations such as state health departments working to bridge the gap between research and practice.