CDC Launches Cancer Screening Quality Improvement Tool

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, in partnership with the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) has launched cancer screening change packages for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers to support community efforts to increase cancer screening rates and save more lives.

CDC’s cancer screening change packages provide a single location where clinical and quality improvement teams can explore strategies, tools, and resources for improving cancer screening rates from literature, research, and the experiences of others. The change packages also include tools and resources to help inform program planning, policy approaches, and interventions to address the nonmedical factors that prevent people from getting screened as recommended. Tools and resources have been vetted by clinical and public health experts and can be used or adapted for cancer screening programs’ unique needs and environments. Change packages for lung and prostate cancers will be added in summer 2023.

For questions or to request a demonstration of the cancer screening change packages, contact Avid Reza, MD, MPH and Stephanie Melillo, MPH at: DCPCcommunications@cdc.gov