title: Using data to effectively manage a national screening program.
abstract: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is implemented through cooperative agreements with state health departments, US territories, and tribal health organizations (grantees). Grantees typically contract with clinicians and other providers to deliver breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services. As required by the CDC, grantees report biannually a subset of patient and clinical level program data known as the Minimum Data Elements. Rigorous processes are in place to ensure the completeness and quality of program data collection. In this article, the authors describe the NBCCEDP data-collection processes and data management system and discusses how data are used for 1) program monitoring and improvement, 2) evaluation and research, and 3) policy development and analysis. They also provide 2 examples of how grantees use data to improve their performance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Brandie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yancy
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Royalty
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marroulis
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mattingly
authors.forename: Vicki B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Benard
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeGroff
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: data management; program evaluation; public health; quality measures; screening
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