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From Macro to Micro: Transdisciplinary Statewide Networks Drive Innovations in Cancer Care
Nancy Johnson (Georgia Cancer Control Consortium, USA), Nancy Paris (Georgia Cancer Control Consortium, USA), Nidsa Baker (Georgia Cancer Control Consortium, USA), Kelly Durden (Georgia Cancer Control Consortium, USA), Chris Parker (Georgia Cancer Control Consortium, USA), and Angie Patterson (Georgia Cancer Control Consortium, USA)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9531-1.ch018
Abstract
Transdisciplinarity characterizes the collaborative statewide networks organized around the disease continuum of cancer care in Georgia, United States. By exploring the driving forces at the macro level of policy formation and state cancer control efforts, the transdisciplinary team approach translates to the meso level where statewide workgroups organize to develop implementation initiatives designed to influence improvements in cancer control. Georgia's statewide cancer control efforts apply three cross-cutting priorities of quality, care coordination and palliative care/survivorship in association with the top five site specific priorities. The influence of transdisciplinarity is demonstrated through the Georgia Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (GCCRT) initiatives impacting colorectal cancer screenings at the micro level where practitioner and patient interactions occur. A medical home achieves improvements in colorectal cancer screening after participating in the GCCRT annual meeting.