Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: nil: nil
Control Intervention1: nil: nil
Sponsors
American Association for Cancer Education (AACE)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Two groups of participants will participate in this study; healthcare professionals and leaders identified by the study group, as well as cancer patients/survivors receiving treatment at TMC. All participants must be adults over age 21 years who agree and have the capacity to participate in a video conference conducted in English (healthcare professionals) or in-person focus groups (cancer patients/survivors) conducted in India in English, Hindi, or Marathi. Eligible healthcare professionals will include mid- and senior-level professionals in India with leadership responsibilities relevant to cancer and public health, managing people and resources, and with perspective from working with other stakeholders, systems, and institutions (e.g., directors, department chairs, section leaders, division heads, medical officers of health) will be drawn from but not limited to organizations such as Tata Memorial Centre, the premier cancer center in India, which organizes the National Cancer Grid, a network of 29 hospitals and centers to provide cancer support in regions around the country; the National Institute for Cancer Prevention and Research, an arm of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the federal agency that provides national scientific and educational leadership in cancer prevention; and the Medical Council of India, the apex body that regulates medical and allied health training in India, providing certification for medical practice. Eligible cancer patient participants will include individuals diagnosed with types of cancer of interest in India, including those that are preventable or detectable through screening (e.g., lung, breast, cervical, oral, GI [e.g., stomach]). Patient/survivor participants will be recruited through cancer support organizations, such as “V Care, ? “Indian Cancer Society, ? and “Cancer Patient Aid Association. ?
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Individuals less than 21 years old. Individuals who do not agree and do not have the capacity to participate in a video conference conducted in English (healthcare professionals) or in-person focus groups (cancer patients/survivors) conducted in India in English, Hindi, or Marathi.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the feasibility of a future assessment of perspectives among more stakeholder groups on the role and impact of education and training in cancer prevention research and practice on the dissemination and implementation of cancer prevention practices in low-resource areas in which a high proportion of preventable cancers are diagnosed at a late stage.Timepoint: 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Collect and analyze qualitative data for themes that inform whether and how cancer prevention education and training – or its absence – influence the dissemination and implementation of cancer prevention and control strategies and their success in low- resource settings, including comparison of themes from the two stakeholder groups.Timepoint: 12 months;Develop an approach described in an NCI R01 application both to expand the process to assess the role of education and training in a broader spectrum of stakeholders in India and to apply the process to another low-resource setting that shares the experience of preventable cancers diagnosed at advanced stage but is culturally different from India for comparison of themes to dissemination and implementation of cancer prevention and control relevant to cancer prevention education and training.Timepoint: 12 months;Develop and evaluate a process using focus groups and key informant interviews to assess perspectives from two stakeholder groups in India: o Mid- to senior-level professionals with leadership responsibilities relevant to cancer and public health, managing people and resources, and with perspective from working with patients and communities, clinicians and public health professionals, health administrators and systems, government agencies, non-profit organizations, etc. o Cancer patients diagnosed with cancers of high interest in India or for which prevention and early detection strategies exist. Timepoint: 12 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sharmila Pimple
Tata Memorial Centre
Outcome results
None listed