Arizona cancer prevention, control and surveillance - program 1: nbccedp - well woman healthcheck program (wwhp) in arizona the wwhp is an efficient and effective model of the nbccedp

In the next five years, the wwhp will strive to increase the care coordination of insured patients while also collecting patient-level data to demonstrate timely access to diagnostic and treatment services. The wwhp will continue to work with all federally qualified community health centers (fqhcs), fqhc look-alikes, and county health departments to increase cancer screening rates and improve data quality. Wwhp will also implement evidence based interventions to enhance the capacity of rural providers addressing complex breast and cervical diagnostic issues. At the end of the five year award, the wwhp will be viewed by the clinical community as a source of high-quality technical assistance and guidance for improving the quality and timeliness of care in arizona's cancer community. Program 2: comprehensive cancer control - the arizona cancer coalition and cccp the arizona cancer coalition has taken an active stance in addressing arizona's cancer burden. Coalition work groups have created their own action plans and will continue to work together to implement activities across the state. In the next five years, the cccp and the arizona cancer coalition anticipate working on several new projects to focus on strengthening early detection and prevention, screening and survivorship resources. An emphasis will be placed on health equity by creating stronger community clinical linkages, changes to the built environment, and policy changes. As has been the standard the cccp and arizona cancer coalition will use data to identify target populations and implement evidence based best practices to address those needs. Program 3: arizona cancer registry the arizona cancer registry (ACR) will collect, report, and disseminate quality cancer surveillance data. In the next five years, the registry will use cancer surveillance data in a coordinated effort with our internal cancer and chronic disease partners, the advisory committee, and external stakeholders to support cancer prevention and control activities. The ACR will use the data to report on incidence trends, identify disparities, and describe arizona's cancer burden. The registry will improve processes to enhance operations in providing more timely and complete reporting in meeting the CDC npcr program standards with a special focus on the expansion of electronic reporting.