About
In recent decades, treatments for cancer have improved and deaths due to cancer have decreased. But unfortunately, not all Americans benefit from these successes. Many groups in Wisconsin and nationwide experience a greater burden of cancer along the continuum from prevention to detection, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, to end-of life.
Mission & Goals
Mission
Partner with communities, UW and Carbone Cancer Center faculty to reduce health outcome differences in cancer burden through research, outreach, education, and training.
Goals
- Increase research conducted by UW Faculty and UWCCC members, as it relates to the differences in cancer health outcomes
- Implement community outreach, education, and program development and evaluation activities with impacted communities
- Promote increased recruitment of populations affected by differences in cancer health outcomes into UWCCC clinical care and research
- Provide training and mentoring opportunities
What we do
Education
Cancer, Clear & Simple (CC&S) are educational materials about cancer developed by CHDI. It includes a curriculum, Facilitator Guide and educational handouts around cancer basics, cancer prevention and self-care, and cancer screening and detection.
Research
We focus on formative research, community partnership relating to the differences in cancer health outcomes, grant proposal development, research project coordination, data analysis and interpretation and the development of publications.
Outreach
Emphasizes development and coordination of coalitions and advisory boards, design of education and facilitator training, development of educational and marketing materials based on health literacy and adaptation and dissemination of resources.
Future Directions
Moving forward, CHDI has particular interest in cancer screening navigation and informed decision-making research interventions, treatment and clinical research, Cancer Clear & Simple content expansion and further evaluation, and research on the relationship between social determinants and biomarkers in the differences in cancer health outcome.