Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2015 Dec;49(6 Suppl 5):S470-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.09.001.

Public Health Action Model for Cancer Survivorship

Angela R Moore  1 , Natasha D Buchanan  2 , Temeika L Fairley  2 , Judith Lee Smith  2
Affiliations

Public Health Action Model for Cancer Survivorship

Angela R Moore et al. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

Long-term objectives associated with cancer survivors have been suggested by Healthy People 2020, including increasing the proportion of survivors living beyond 5 years after diagnosis and improving survivors' mental and physical health-related quality of life. Prior to reaching these objectives, several intermediate steps must be taken to improve the physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being of cancer survivors. Public health has a role in developing strategic, actionable, and measurable approaches to facilitate change at multiple levels to improve the lives of survivors and their families. The social ecological model has been used by the public health community as the foundation of multilevel intervention design and implementation, encouraging researchers and practitioners to explore methods that promote internal and external changes at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels. The survivorship community, including public health professionals, providers, policymakers, survivors, advocates, and caregivers, must work collaboratively to identify, develop, and implement interventions that benefit cancer survivors. The National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship highlights public health domains and associated strategies that can be the impetus for collaboration between and among the levels in the social ecological model and are integral to improving survivor outcomes. This paper describes the Public Health Action Model for Cancer Survivorship, an integrative framework that combines the National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship with the social ecological model to demonstrate how interaction among the various levels may promote better outcomes for survivors.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Public health action model for cancer survivorship (PHAM-CS).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Fairley TL, Pollack LA, Moore AR, Smith JL. Addressing cancer survivorship through public health: an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. J Women Health. 2009;18(10):1525–1531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2009.1666. - DOI - PubMed
    1. De Moor JS, Mariotto AB, Parry C, et al. Cancer survivors in the United States: prevalence across the survivorship trajectory and implications for care. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013;22(4):561–570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1356. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. A national action plan for cancer survivorship: advancing public health strategies. Atlanta, GA: U.S. DHHS, CDC; 2004. [Accessed September 8, 2015]. www.cdc.gov/cancer/survivorship/pdf/plan.pdf.
    1. Underwood JM, Townsend JS, Stewart SL, et al. Surveillance of demographic characteristics and health behaviors among adult cancer survvors - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012;61(1):23. - PubMed
    1. U.S. DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2020. Washington, DC: 2015. [Accessed September 8, 2015]. www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer/objectives.

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources