Use of Mini-Grant to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control.
Mini-grants are an increasingly common tool for engaging communities in evidence-based interventions for promoting public health. This article describes efforts by 4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Cancer Institute-funded Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network centers to design and implement mini-grant programs to disseminate evidence-based interventions for cancer prevention and control. This article also describes source of evidence-based interventions, funding levels, selection criteria, time frame, number and size of grants, types of organizations funded, selected accomplishments, training and technical assistance, and evaluation topics/methods. Grant size ranged from $1000 to $10 000 (median = $6250). This mini-grant opportunity was characterized by its emphasis on training and technical assistance for evidence-based programming and dissemination of interventions from National Cancer Institute's Research-Tested Intervention Programs and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guide to Community Preventive Services. All projects had an evaluation component, although they varied in scope. Mini-grant processes described can serve as a model for organizations such as state health departments working to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Emory Prevention Research Center, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Kegler and Ms Carvalho); Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station (Dr Ory and Ms Kellstedt); Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (Dr Friedman), Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Dr Friedman and Mr McCracken); and Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX (Ms Dawson and Dr Fernandez).
Michelle C
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Kegler
Michelle L
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Carvalho
Marcia
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Ory
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Kellstedt
Daniela B
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Friedman
James Lyndon
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McCracken
Glenna
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Dawson
Maria
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Fernandez
D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States