Purpose:
The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms of the continuing relationship between the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), for the management and execution of identifying, reviewing and rating NCI-funded cancer control intervention programs through the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
In April 2003 NCI launched a new website titled ¿Research Tested Intervention Programs for Cancer Prevention and Control.¿ This website allows cancer control planners, program staff and researchers to access and acquire evidence-based cancer control programs and products. A feature of this website allows viewing a ¿Consumer Reports¿ style rating of the program that includes a description of the effect size and rating for dissemination capability, cultural and age-appropriateness, integrity and utility.
Currently, SAMHSA serves as a central resource for identifying, reviewing, rating and disseminating information on evidence-based programs and practices to prevent and/or treat mental illness and addictive disorders.
Description of Work:
SAMHSA, in collaboration with NCI, will continue to guide and oversee the NREPP to identify and review evidence-based tobacco control, physical activity, sun safety, diet/nutrition, breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening promotion programs, cancer survivorship and other cancer control intervention programs that have efficacy data from peer-reviewed and funded research studies and where the efficacy data have been published in a peer-reviewed journal. NCI will be provided with all data collected for the review, copies of all the paperwork associated with the review (including copies of the original reviewers' rating sheets) and finalized ratings for posting on the website.
The original agreement between NCI and SAMHSA is being modified to allow for the continuation of programs being reviewed by NREPP. NREPP will recruit and train reviewers with expertise in the specific topic areas. These reviewers will be approved by NCI and NCI will cover the cost of training the additional reviewers.
The original agreement between the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention & Control and NCI's Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences concerning the funding of proposed network of PRC's is being modified to include additional funding for a fourth PRC to participate in the network. The proposed network will conduct the following types of peer-reviewed activities:
Research on the effectiveness of community-based interventions for which evidence is insufficient to justify a Guide to Community Preventive Services (Guide) recommendation, using research designs and methods considered appropriate by the Guide
Research replicating Guide-recommended interventions in populations and settings where they have not been adequately evaluated
Research on how to disseminate and implement Guide-recommended interventions into communities by public health and community-based organizations
Evaluations of the implementation and effectiveness of community-based and evidence-based cancer prevention and control programs.
Interventions could include cancer prevention and control strategies recommended by the Guide, or promising interventions for which the evidence-base is insufficient for a Guide recommendation. These strategies could include: promoting primary prevention (e.g., tobacco control, diet, UV protection); increasing utilization of cancer screening/early detection (e.g. colorectal, breast); or utilizing informed-decision making for screening (e.g. prostate, colorectal).
Using results from CDC's external peer-review process for PRC-related applications, CDC and NCI agree to make joint decisions on whether or not to fund applicants for the PRC Cancer Prevention and Control Network. Subsequent to the establishment of the network, CDC and NCI will work together to co |