Success Rates for the Objectives of US State Cancer Control Plans: A First Look.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A well-designed cancer control plan is an important tool for a nation, state, or community to address the burden of cancer. Furthermore, it provides the opportunity to devise and implement measurable objectives. However, there has been little to no assessment of the success rates of such objectives.

Methods

I compared the success rate of objectives between US states' current plan and most recent past plan to determine the proportion of success in the United States overall. I also tested possible reasons for low success rates.

Results

The mean success rate was 20% for stringent successes (only exact matches between plans) and 28% for loose successes (exact and similar matches between plans). The magnitude of change in percentage between the baseline and targ

SUBMITTER: Williamson MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8481713 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature