A National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Description:
  A National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies was developed through a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) to identify and prioritize cancer survivorship needs that will advance cancer survivorship public health efforts. Specific objectives of the National Action Plan include the following: 1) Achieve the cancer survivorship-related objectives in Healthy People 2010 that include benchmarks for success in measuring improvements for addressing ongoing survivor needs. 2) Increase awareness among the general public, policy makers, survivors, providers, and others of cancer survivorship and its impact. 3) Establish a solid base of applied research and scientific knowledge on the ongoing physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and economic issues facing cancer survivors. 4) Identify appropriate mechanisms and resources for ongoing surveillance of people living with, through, and beyond cancer. 5) Establish or maintain training for health care professionals to improve delivery of services and increase awareness of issues faced by cancer survivors. 6) Implement effective and proven programs and policies to address cancer survivorship more comprehensively. 7) Ensure that all cancer survivors have adequate access to high-quality treatment and other post-treatment follow-up services. 8) Implement an evaluation methodology that will monitor quality and effectiveness of the outcomes of initiatives.
  
  Once these objectives were identified, CDC and LAF brought together experts in cancer survivorship and public health to create this National Action Plan. Needs and strategies for addressing these needs were discussed within four core public health components: Surveillance and applied research; Communication, education, and training; Programs, policies, and infrastructure; and, Access to quality care and services.
  
  This National Action Plan represents these discussions and sets priorities and identifies strategies for national, state, and community-level public health organizations. Given the importance of this health issue—its prevalence, its impact on quality of life, and the resulting costs to survivors and others in their lives—the time for action is now. This National Action Plan should be used to guide the allocation of resources to decrease the burden of cancer for all Americans and improve the overall experience and quality of life of the millions who are living with, through, and beyond cancer.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cancer Survivors Delivery Of Health Care Neoplasms Neoplasms / Mortality Quality Of Life Survival Rate
• Keywords:
  Cancer Cancer Survivorship National Action Plan For Cancer Survivorship (NAPCS)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDHP)
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  88 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53ba6012ef69e84d9c3c4290ddb80eedf485d77949e52d9135125ba7cc530e5ee357c2a0f1baa2a2445d4c7f0efe5d52b90f65cfdb02f4aa8acca51b9bda7327
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6536/cdc_6536_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]