Amy DeGroff

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Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Challenges and strategies in applying performance measurement to federal public health programs
    Amy DeGroff
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Eval Program Plann 33:365-72. 2010
  2. ncbi Start-up of the colorectal cancer screening demonstration program
    Amy DeGroff
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K 57, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A38. 2008
  3. ncbi Facilitators and challenges to start-up of the colorectal cancer screening demonstration program
    Amy DeGroff
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K 52, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A39. 2008
  4. ncbi Development of a federally funded demonstration colorectal cancer screening program
    Laura C Seeff
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mailstop K 52, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A64. 2008
  5. ncbi Cost of starting colorectal cancer screening programs: results from five federally funded demonstration programs
    Florence K L Tangka
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K 55, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A47. 2008
  6. ncbi Mammography adherence: a qualitative study
    Lisa C Watson-Johnson
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1887-94. 2011
  7. ncbi Meeting the mammography screening needs of underserved women: the performance of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in 2002-2003 (United States)
    Florence K L Tangka
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 17:1145-54. 2006

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Challenges and strategies in applying performance measurement to federal public health programs
    Amy DeGroff
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Eval Program Plann 33:365-72. 2010
    ..Through the strategies presented here, appropriate systems can be developed and monitored to support the production of meaningful data that will inform effective decision making at multiple levels...
  2. ncbi Start-up of the colorectal cancer screening demonstration program
    Amy DeGroff
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K 57, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A38. 2008
    ..Case study results for the start-up period, the time between initial funding and screening initiation, provide details about the program models and start-up process and reveal important lessons learned...
  3. ncbi Facilitators and challenges to start-up of the colorectal cancer screening demonstration program
    Amy DeGroff
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K 52, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A39. 2008
    ..This article highlights key facilitators and challenges common to the five programs studied during the start-up period...
  4. ncbi Development of a federally funded demonstration colorectal cancer screening program
    Laura C Seeff
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mailstop K 52, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A64. 2008
    ..Evaluation results will be used to inform future activities related to organized screening for colorectal cancer...
  5. ncbi Cost of starting colorectal cancer screening programs: results from five federally funded demonstration programs
    Florence K L Tangka
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K 55, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A47. 2008
    ..The objectives are to calculate start-up costs and estimate funding requirements for widespread implementation of colorectal cancer screening programs...
  6. ncbi Mammography adherence: a qualitative study
    Lisa C Watson-Johnson
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1887-94. 2011
    ..We undertook a focus group study to explore reasons women who were previously adherent with regular mammography no longer were screened...
  7. ncbi Meeting the mammography screening needs of underserved women: the performance of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in 2002-2003 (United States)
    Florence K L Tangka
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 17:1145-54. 2006
    ..3 million uninsured, low-income, women aged 40-64 did not receive recommended mammograms from either the Program or other sources, there remains a substantial need for services for this historically underserved population...