title: Primary prevention - recent developments in policy and support.
abstract: The focus of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)'s renewed prevention strategy is to provide evidence-based support and policy advice for risk factor reduction and cancer prevention. As cancer shares several key modifiable risk factors with other major chronic diseases, CCO's prevention efforts also benefit the goals of chronic disease prevention. CCO's ability to successfully provide policy advice is dependent on timing and the ability to respond to current and emerging policy and legislative issues.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiologist and scientific and medical writer. A graduate of the UHN Rotman Leadership Development Program, she was a Public Affairs Fellow with the CORO Foundation.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spayne
authors.affiliation: Vice-President, Prevention and Cancer Control, at Cancer Care Ontario. She is a Professor of Medicine; Professor of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; and Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rabeneck also holds an appointment as a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rabeneck
authors.affiliation: Senior Scientist and former Director, Prevention & Surveillance at Cancer Care Ontario.
authors.forename: Loraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marrett
authors.affiliation: Director, Population Health and Prevention at Cancer Care Ontario.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009864:Ontario; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D000074606:Smoking Prevention