Office of Community Health

UT MD Anderson has been committed to cancer prevention for more than 40 years and has long recognized that prevention is vital to its mission to end cancer. Research shows that more than half of all cancers are preventable at the population level. Modifying lifestyle behaviors can reduce cancer risk and may reduce the cancer burden by 40%.

Beyond primary prevention, additional lives can be saved by implementing evidence-based screening to diagnose cancer at its earliest and most curable stage. Yet a tremendous gap exists between knowledge and the implementation of effective prevention strategies. A critical step in reducing cancer incidence is effectively deploying evidence-based interventions (EBIs) for prevention at the population level.

The Office of Community Health addresses the gap between what we know and what we do by translating knowledge into practice. It builds the capacity of community-based organizations and clinics to deploy and evaluate EBIs for cancer prevention. The office is committed to collaborating with community and clinic leaders to ensure that effective strategies for cancer risk reduction are available for all.

Regional Strategy and Programs

• Be Well Communities
• School Community of Practice Collaborative
• Health Communication

Evaluation and Planning

• Evaluation
• Public Health Data Analysis

Cancer Screening and Care Programs

• Health Collaboratives
  • Texas Health Equity Alliance for Breast Cancer
  • Texas HPV Coalition
• Cancer Screening Programs
  • Project 80% Colorectal Screening Program
  • Project VALET 
  • Project Derm
  • Project IMAGES
• Clinical Quality Improvement
  • HPV Vaccination Initiative
  •  S.A.V.E. Texas

Professional Education and Capacity Building
 

• Faculty Speakers Bureau
• Cancer Prevention & Survivorship Rotation
• Capacity Building Trainings