Doing What We Know, Knowing What to Do: Californians Linking Action with Science for Prevention of Breast Cancer (CLASP-BC)

Jon F. Kerner, Marion H. E. Kavanaugh-Lynch, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Christopher Politis, Aviva Prager and Ross C. Brownson
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Jon F. Kerner: California Breast Cancer Research Program, Bethesda, MD 20186, USA
Marion H. E. Kavanaugh-Lynch: California Breast Cancer Research Program University of California, Office of the President, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati: Preventive Medicine, Community Initiatives, Keck School of Medicine (KSOM), University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Christopher Politis: Cancer Screening, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Toronto, ON M5H 1J8, Canada
Aviva Prager: California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Ross C. Brownson: Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: Given the lack of progress in breast cancer prevention, the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) plans to apply current scientific knowledge about breast cancer to primary prevention at the population level. This paper describes the first phase of Californians Linking Action with Science for Prevention of Breast Cancer (CLASP-BC). The foci of Phase 1 are building coalitions and coalition capacity building through community engagement in community-based participatory research (CBPR) and dissemination and implementation (D&I) research training. Based on the successful implementation and evaluation of Phase 1, the foci of Phase 2 (presented separately in this special issue) will be to translate the California Breast Cancer Prevention Plan overarching goal and specific intervention goals for 23 breast cancer risk and protective factors strategies into evidence-informed interventions (EIIs) that are disseminated and implemented across California. CLASP-BC is designed to identify, disseminate and implement high-impact, population-based prevention approaches by funding large scale EIIs, through multi-jurisdictional actions, with the intent to decrease the risk of breast cancer and other chronic diseases (sharing common risk factors), particularly among racial/ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in California.

Keywords: implementation and dissemination; primary prevention; community-based participatory research; breast cancer; population science; action research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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