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Dissemination Conference June 2 - 3, 2005

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Emerging Issues in Dissemination Research:
Implications for Cancer Prevention and Control

Sponsored by
the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center with the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network and the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Statement of Purpose
To explore the state of the science of dissemination, including research gaps, emerging issues, and next steps for research.

 Thursday June 2, 2005
 
1:00 - 1:30 PM Introduction and Welcome
 
Shelley Earp, M.D.
Director
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Marci Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UNC Department of Nutrition
Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
 
1:30 - 2:00 PM Keynote Address
 

"Overview: The state of the art and science of dissemination of evidence-based interventions"
Jon Kerner, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
 

2:00 - 3:15 PM Panel
 

"Theoretical models of dissemination"
Moderator:
Kurt Ribisl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
 

Panelists:
 

"Integration of research, policy, and practice"
Roy Cameron, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

"Dissemination of smoking cessation services for childhood cancer survivors"
Karen Emmons, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Community-Based Research
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

"Increasing the spread of evidenced-based practices: The model for accelerated diffusion"
James Dearing, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Communication Studies
Ohio University, Athens, OH

presenting with

Gary Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
College of Communication
Milwaukee, WI
 

Discussion
 
3:15 - 3:30 PM Break
 
3:30 - 5:00 PM Breakout Sessions
Windflower Room AB / Bellflower Room AB

"Linkages and partnerships to improve dissemination"
Salli Benedict, M.P.H.
Assistant Director
UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

"Finding the balance between fidelity and adaptation"
Jennifer Leeman, Dr.P.H.
Research Assistant Professor
UNC School of Nursing

"Rapid vs. systematic dissemination"
Allan Steckler, Dr.P.H.
Professor UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Dissemination Core,
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

6:00 - 9:00 PM Cook-out dinner at The Farm (UNC Faculty-Staff Recreation Center)
 
 Friday June 3, 2005
 
8:30 - 9:15 AM Keynote Address
 

"Effective dissemination and readiness for it"
Ross Brownson, Ph.D.
Chair Department of Community Health
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
 

9:15 - 10:15 AM Panel
 

"Case studies:  Dissemination models that are working"
Moderator:
Karen Glanz, Ph.D.
Professor Behavioral Science and Health Education
Emory University, Athens GA
 

Panelists:
 

"Body and Soul"
Marci Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UNC Department of Nutrition Program Leader,
Cancer Prevention and Control
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

"CHOICE"
Mike Pignone, M.D.
Associate Professor Internal Medicine
UNC School of Medicine

"Smoke-Free Families"
Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Senior Research Fellow UNC Sheps Center for Health Services
Research Dissemination Core,
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

10:15 - 10:30 AM Discussion
 
10:30 - 10:45 AM Break
 
10:45 - 11:45 AM Panel
 

"Case Studies:  Dilemmas and controversies in dissemination"
Moderator:
Allan Steckler, Dr.P.H.
Professor UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Dissemination Core,
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

Panelists:
 

"Participatory Action for Healthy Lifestyles (PAHL): Lessons learned from disseminating pathways"
Sally Davis, Ph.D.
Professor and Chief
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

"Dr. Smith goes to Washington: Challenges of translating research into policy"
Keith Humphreys, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Psychological and Behavioral
Sciences Stanford University, Stanford, CA

"When interventions go wrong: Results of an effectiveness trial of ‘Reconnecting Youth"
Denise Hallfors, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation,
Chapel Hill, NC

11:45 - 12:00 PM Discussion
 
12:00 - 1:00 PM LUNCH (Trillium Dining Hall at The Friday Center)
 
1:00 - 2:00 PM Breakout Sessions, Shared Topic:
"What are the central research questions?"

Guadalupe X. "Suchi" Ayala, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education

Laura Linnan, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education

Bryan Weiner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor UNC Department of Health Policy and Administration
Dissemination Core,
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

2:00 - 3:00 PM Panel
 

"Dissemination research and evaluation:  Measurement success and challenges"
Moderator:
Michael S. O’Malley, Ph.D.
Associate Director
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

Panelists:
 

"Evaluation: Experience on the web and in primary care settings"
Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr. P.H.
Professor Department of Epidemiology
Harvard University, Boston, MA

"Three emerging issues in the measurement of dissemination"
Allan Steckler, Dr.P.H.
Professor
UNC Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Dissemination Core
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

"Evaluating evaluations: Study factors that affect the quality of evidence"
Thomas Valente, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA

3:00 - 3:15 PM Discussion
 
3:15 - 3:45 PM Wrap-up:
 
"Blueprint for future research"
 

Marci Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UNC Department of Nutrition
Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Barbara K. Rimer, Dr.P.H.
Dean
UNC School of Public Health
Deputy Director, Population Sciences
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center