Group Matrix
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Group Matrix |
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Office of Cancer Control and Prevention Margaret 'Peg' L.
Knight, RN, MEd The OCCP interacts with
many entities within the state
government as well as entities separate from the NJDHSS (i.e. ACS,
UMDNJ, and Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation).
The OCCP is the main clearinghouse and receptacle for data that is
collected for various aspects and stages of the NJ-CCCP. The OCCP
received Capacity and Needs Assessment (C/NA) data from the County
Evaluators for the NJ-CCCP. The office also receives morbidity and
mortality cancer statistics from the New Jersey State Cancer Registry.
The UMDNJ-NJMS Evaluation Team also reports their findings directly
to the OCCP and Peg Knight. Workgroups (one for each cancer site
targeted in the plan that did background research and strategy
formulation for each cancer and one for each of the over-arching
issues) also report their findings on the progress made in their
designated area to OCCP (i.e. the lung cancer work group may
report/track in/decreases in smoking by teens). Data are then reported
to the Task Force by OCCP for the biennial progress reports
that then submitted to the Governor. OCCP also interacts
with the State NJCEED Office and ACS although no formal data exchange
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UMDNJ-NJMS Evaluation Stanley H. Weiss, MD,
FACP The Evaluation Team collects information on nearly every aspect of the Plan and uses that in its task to evaluate the implementation process, monitor progress and record results for accountability purposes, and also to identify problems and facilitate ongoing program improvement (p. 268 of the NJ-CCCP). The UMDNJ-SPH training team for the County Evaluators, who conducted the C/NA, reported their training plans to the Evaluation Team. In addition, those County Evaluators that conducted the C/NA reported their methods and interim results on an ongoing basis and then their findings, when completed (in June 2004), to the Evaluation Team. The Evaluation Team reported their objective observations and suggestions directly to Peg Knight and the Task Force. Battelle also worked closely with the Evaluation Team to ensure the database for tracking the progress of the plan was effectively set up and utilized. Workgroups are briefed by the Evaluation Team on how best to work with the database Battelle has developed. The Team also periodically checks in with the Workgroups. |
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New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED) Office Marge Rojewski, RN,BC,
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25 CEED As part
of the Implementation Process of the NJ-CCCP, County Evaluators
for the NJ-CCCP were hired to conduct Capacity and Needs Assessments
(C/NA's) and evaluations of all aspects of cancer prevention,
detection and treatment in their respective counties. 1: Najem, Louria, and Najem. Bladder Cancer Mortality in New Jersey Counties, and Relationship with Selected Environmental Variables. International Journal of Epidemiology Vol 13, No 3 1984. Links to Representative NJCEED Programs or Sites of County Evaluators (These links were configured during the development of the C/NA's. The Evaluation Committee will be updating this site to include additional county cancer coalitions.) 1)
ESSEX COUNTY CANCER COALITION
2) CUMBERLAND CEED PROGRAMS Screenings, Community Education and Support Groups. Ms. Melanie Pirollo PirolloM@sjhs.com is the Regional Cancer Center director for the South Jersey Regional Cancer Center and the CEED Coordinator for the Cumberland program. "Although our cancer center is best known for providing cancer treatment, we believe our responsibility to the community goes well beyond this important service. Through community education, support groups and early detection our goal is to lessen the impact of cancer in our region. Throughout the year, we offer free screenings with the goal of catching cancer early when it is most treatable. Many cancers have a greater than 90% cure rate when caught early. Our screening programs also include an educational component designed to help you become more aware of what can be done to reduce your risk or to promote early detection." The CEED program is located at the Regional Cancer Center -- you can access additional information about South Jersey Healthcare at its website: Cancer/Oncology Services with Fox Chase |
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UMDNJ-SPH Training Marcia Sass, Sc.D. The training team was
responsible for educating the County
Evaluators (CE's) in the performance of the county capacity and needs
assessments (C/NA's). It ran training sessions for the CE's from May
2003 to June 2004 addressing such matters as: activities and resources
of such organizations as the workgroups and standing committees of the
Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and other governmental and
community-based entities; sources for
and proper use of demographic and epidemiologic data; and use of
software
for analyzing data and writing the C/NA's. |
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Task Force on Cancer
Prevention, Arnold Baskies, MD As previously mentioned,
the Cancer Task Force reports
biennially to the Governor on the progress of the Comprehensive Cancer
Control Plan with information provided to them from OCCP, the
Workgroups and the Evaluation Committee on implementation of the Plan. |
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Evaluation Committee Stanley H. Weiss, MD,
FACP This is the Evaluation Committee web site. |
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Advocacy Group Marian Morrison |
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A major task of the Workgroups was accomplished with the creation of the NJ-CCCP - individual workgroups, comprised of experts in their fields, worked on each of the chapters in the book (e.g. Lung, Childhood, Colorectal Cancers.) Workgroups continued their work by collaborating with the County Evaluators (CEs) for the NJ-CCCP to identify cancer resources throughout the state for their respective specific cancer sites. Information on how to contact each Workgroup was provided to CEs. Workgroups are also encouraged to make contacts with other workgroups in areas relevant to their cancer site (i.e. Breast Cancer might want to work with the Advocacy or Access and Resources Workgroups.) The Workgroups are also required to provide the OCCP and Task Force with updates on the progress made in their area of the plan. |
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NJDHSS - Cancer
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Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation Battelle developed an electronic database that each Workgroup uses under the direction of the Workgroup chair or appointee to report their progress to the OCCP. Battelle also worked closely with the OCCP at building an indexing/cross-indexing of the NJ-CCCP according to key parameters. |
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New Jersey Local
Information Network and Communications
System (NJ LINCS) NJ LINCS is a system of
public health professionals and
electronic public health information that enhances the identification
and containment of diseases and hazardous conditions that threaten the
public's health. Built on personal computer and Internet technologies,
LINCS is a network of twenty-four strategically positioned local health
departments located throughout the state, the New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services, all other local health departments and
public/private organizations working at the community level to protect
the public's health. This system is available to the County
Evaluators and the OCCP as an additional resource. |
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The American Cancer Society is concerned with disparity issues. Some key issues are nicely summarized by David C. Momrow, M.P.H. (the Senior Vice President of Cancer Control of the American Cancer Society Eastern Division ) in a PowerPoint presentation dated January 21, 2004 entitled Diversity and Cancer. Every year each ACS
regional office conducts a capacity
needs assessment (C/NA) to help map out their strategic plan for the
following year. To help each office in this complicated and detailed
data gathering process, central ACS, with the help of a software
development company, has developed a program that helps in that
process - ETool. |
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National Cancer
Institute (NCI) Click on underlined text or images for further informaiton
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Cancer Institute of New Jersey New Jersey Cancer Trial
Connect |
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New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services As the umbrella organization, NJDHSS has many offices reporting to it including the NJ State Cancer Registry, the State NJ CEED Office, NJ LINCS, Local Health Officers, and the Office of Cancer Control and Prevention (OCCP). In turn, NJDHSS reports to the Governor's Office. |
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The Office of the Governor oversees the Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) - which has three separate offices involved in the Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (NJ-CCCP): the New Jersey State Cancer Registry, the State NJCEED Office, and the Office of Cancer Control and Prevention (OCCP). The Office of the Governor has proposed funding to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ). The Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey, an independent committee separate from the OCCP, is mandated by Executive Order to submit biennial reports on the status of the Plan to the Governor. |
