Dear Public Health practitioners,

I am currently conducting an environmental scan in order to assess what strategies have been employed in the past in Ontario to outreach to hard-to-reach and/or under screened communities in relation to breast, cervical and/or colorectal cancer screening. If you have participated in any initiatives and would like to be included as part of our analysis on good practices, please answer the following questions and/or get in touch with me directly as soon as possible. Our goal is to develop a report that will compliment a literature review and will serve to guide future regional initiatives to promote breast cancer screening in Ontario. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone working in the community that may be interested in contributing. DEADLINE to return survey is FEB 15, 2008.

Thank you in advance,

Paola Ardiles, Bsc (Hons.), MHSc 
Project Manager 
Ontario Breast Screening Program, Cancer Care Ontario 
505 University Avenue, 18th floor 
Toronto, ON M5G 1X3 
Tel: 416-971-9800 (ext 3486) 
Fax: 416-971-6888 

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN ON CANCER SCREENING OUTREACH STRATEGIES IN ONTARIO

 

1. Who in your community/region would you consider are the key hard-to-reach and/or under-screened groups? Why?

2. Are these hard-to-reach/under-screened groups the same for breast/cervical/colorectal cancer screening? 

3. Has your health unit been involved in activities to reach these groups in the past in order to increase the screening rates for breast, cervical or colorectal cancer? If so..

a) Who was your target population/key audience? 

b) Which partners did you work with?

c) Who funded your initiative(s)?

4. What strategies were used to reach these groups (e.g., community development, lay health education, social marketing etc)? Please describe briefly.

5. What strategies/activities did you find were successful? Why?

6. What strategies/activities did you find were NOT successful? Why?

7. What were some of the challenges experienced in using these strategies/activities?

8. Do you have any published or informal evaluations/reports you could share with Cancer Care Ontario in order to help us design a regional outreach program across the province? 

9. Is there anyone else I should contact from another organization/institution that would have some helpful information on outreach to hard-to-reach groups related to cancer screening?

 

Your name:

Your health unit:

Your contact information:

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

DEADLINE to return survey is FEB 15, 2008.

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