American College of Surgeons
Standard 4.1 Prevention Programs | Commission on Cancer Program Standards 2012
Standard 4.1 requires cancer programs to provide the community with at least one cancer prevention program each year. The program must be targeted to a need identified in the community with the purpose to decrease the incidence of a specific cancer.
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[Music] standard 4.1 requires cancer programs to provide the community with at least one cancer prevention program each year the program must be targeted to a need identified in the community with the purpose to decrease the incidence of a specific cancer the prevention strategies must reflect evidence-based National guidelines the prevention program can be provided on site with another organization or at another location some types of programs offered could be weight loss smoking cessation or prevention skin cancer prevention for example decreasing sun exposure all programs except ncip fulfill this standard the importance of this standard is rooted in the fact that identifying risk factors can lead to modified Behavior behaviors and attitudes which could decrease the chance of developing [Music] cancer meeting the standard will involve cancer Committee in identifying a prevention need in the community once identified a program is built around the need and the appropriate National guidelines are included there are suggested resources for the evidence-based National guidelines noted in the standard a compliance rating applies when the program assesses a cancer prevention need need in its Community develops and provides at least one cancer prevention program and integrates National evidence-based guidelines in the program there is no Commendation for this standard completing the SAR is the first step in documenting compliance cancer committee minutes or another source will cite the identified need and the program development and implementation process for that year at the on-site visit a surveyor will discuss the program with the coordin coordinator and cancer committee as a best practice the cancer committee should utilize the community outreach coordinator as monitor for this program another strategy that should be utilized is a search of cancer registry data is there one cancer site which has shown an upward trend for presenting with late stage disease working with the local American Cancer Society quality of life manager May yield a topic for this program our specialist Physicians an increase in one type of diagnosis any or all of these sources can result in the identification of a source for a prevention program thank you for viewing this video on the COC standards and remember to view the remaining videos in this series to further increase your knowledge on the standards for additional resources be sure to visit the COC website at www.acs.org sancer to access the COC educational portal best practices repository and cancer [Music] forum
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