Charting Progress in the Science of Technical Assistance for Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions.

Technical assistance (TA) has long been a strategy utilized to support implementation of a range of different evidence-based interventions within clinical, community and other service settings. Great progress has come in extending the evidence base to support TA's use across multiple contexts, the result of more extensive categorizing of implementation strategies to support systematic studies of their effectiveness in facilitating successful implementation. This commentary builds on that progress to suggest several opportunities for future investigation and collaborative activity among researchers, practitioners, policymakers and other key decision-makers in hopes of continuing to build the success highlighted in this special issue and elsewhere.

Climate Change Harm Perception Among U.S. Adults in the NCI Health Information National Trends Survey, 2022.

Purpose: To examine associations between 1) sociodemographics and 2) trust in health information sources with climate change harm perception.

Methods: Weighted adjusted logistic regression models examined correlates of climate change harm perception (harm vs no harm/don't know) among a nationally representative sample of U.S.

National Cancer Institute funding for rapid cycle interventional research in cancer care delivery.

Background: Rapid cycle interventional research can accelerate improvements to cancer care delivery and patient health outcomes by answering multiple questions as part of a single research study. To complement ongoing efforts to increase awareness of and support for rapid cycle interventional research, we conducted a systematic portfolio analysis of research grants funded by the National Cancer Institute on the topic.

Methods: We used standard portfolio analytic methods for identifying, coding, and synthesizing rapid cycle interventional research funded by the National Cancer Institute between 2016 and 2022.

Climate Change and Cancer.

Climate change, the greatest threat to human health of our time, has implications for cancer control efforts throughout the cancer care continuum. The direct and indirect impacts of climate change on cancer risk, access to care, and outcomes are numerous and compounding, yet many oncology professionals might not be familiar with the strong connection between climate change and cancer. Thus, to increase awareness of this topic among cancer researchers, practitioners, and other professionals, this commentary discusses the links between climate change and cancer prevention and control, provides examples of adaptation and mitigation efforts, and describes opportunities and resources for future research.