title: Speeding the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions for cancer control and prevention.
abstract: Despite the growing menu of evidence-based interventions to prevent and control cancer, such interventions continue to be underused in practice. This commentary describes interactive approaches to speeding the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions and illustrates these approaches using examples from obesity prevention and tobacco control.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. jleeman@email.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leeman
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jilcott-Pitts
authors.affiliation: Counter Tobacco, Department of Health Behavior, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic