Table 1. Respondent Characteristics, Survey of Uptake of Evidence-Based Practices Among National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) Partners (n = 83), 2012a .
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Involved with CCC grantee as | |
| Representative of an organization | 76 (91.6) |
| Individual | 7 (8.4) |
| Highest level of education completed | |
| High school graduate/GED | 1 (1.2) |
| Technical or vocational school | 1 (1.2) |
| Some college | 3 (3.6) |
| College graduate | 24 (28.9) |
| Graduate or professional degree | 54 (65.1) |
| Graduate/professional degree in public health/medical field | |
| Yes | 44 (81.5) |
| Length of time working with CCC program, y | |
| <1 | 1 (1.2) |
| 1–3 | 17 (20.5) |
| 4 or 5 | 18 (21.7) |
| >5 | 47 (56.6) |
| Core activity for using EBPs with CCC program | |
| Identifying interventions | 66 (80.5) |
| Adapting interventions | 67 (81.7) |
| Implementing interventions | 75 (90.4) |
| Evaluating interventions | 68 (81.9) |
| Totally or somewhat confident in personal ability to . . . | |
| Assess appropriateness of EBPs for your jurisdiction | 76 (91.6) |
| Find potential EBPs for CCC program in your jurisdiction | 75 (90.4) |
| Adapt EBPs for specific populations or settings | 74 (89.2) |
| Evaluate implementation and effectiveness of EBPs | 70 (84.3) |
| Implement EBPs with fidelity | 69 (83.1) |
Abbreviations: CCC, comprehensive cancer control; EBPs, evidence-based practices; GED, general equivalency development.
a
Because of missing data or nonresponse, denominators for some categories did not total 83.