@prefix vivo: . @prefix edm: . @prefix ns0: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . vivo:departmentOrSchool "Applied Science, Faculty of"@en, "Nursing, School of"@en ; edm:dataProvider "DSpace"@en ; ns0:degreeCampus "UBCV"@en ; dcterms:creator "Maher, Katie"@en, "MacLellan, Jenna"@en ; dcterms:issued "2014-03-11T20:36:27Z"@en, "2014-01"@en ; dcterms:description "The purpose of this study was to explore, identify, highlight, and share promising practices related to the transition to post-treatment survivorship care from BCCA Centres and Communities Oncology Network (CON) sites in BC and the Yukon. The project also aimed to identify any unmet needs so that the BCCA Provincial Survivorship Program may better support health care professionals and survivors."@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/46179?expand=metadata"@en ; skos:note "!!January!2014!EXPLORING!AND!CELEBRATING!PROMISING!PRACTICES!IN!CANCER!SURVIVORSHIP!IN!BC!Who$we$are:$?? UBC!BSN!Candidates!(2014)!Jenna!MacLellan!Katie!Maher! &!Exploring$and$Celebrating$Promising$Practices$in$Cancer$Survivorship$in$BC$and$the$Yukon!!?? Is!a!project!led!by!the!BC!Cancer!Agency!(BCCA)!Provincial!Survivorship!Program.!!!?? The!purpose!of!this!study!was!to!explore,!identify,!highlight,!and!share!promising!practices!related!to!the!transition!to!postWtreatment!survivorship!care!from!BCCA!Centres!and!Communities!Oncology!Network!(CON)!sites!in!BC!and!the!Yukon.!!!?? The!project!also!aimed!to!identify!any!unmet!needs!so!that!the!BCCA!Provincial!Survivorship!Program!may!better!support!health!care!professionals!and!survivors.!!BC!Cancer!Agency!Provincial!Survivorship!Program!(2013)!Methods$?? A!survey!was!developed!by!the!authors!under!the!guidance!of!Lisa!McCune!and!was!distributed!to!multidisciplinary!health!care!providers!at!CON!sites!throughout!BC!and!the!Yukon.!!?? Highlight!articles!were!created!to!share!a!summary!of!the!survey!as!well!as!a!promising!practices!through!the!Provincial!Survivorship!Program!newsletter.!!?? Highlights!of!the!survey!findings!have!been!shared!with!the!BCCA!Survivorship!Steering!Committee!and!will!be!shared!with!Vancouver!Island!Supportive!Care!Research!Program!Survey!!Analysis!!Distribution!of!Findings!Whitehorse!Nelson!100!Mile!House!Smithers!North!Vancouver!Port!Alberni! Burnaby!Squamish!Coquitlam!Duncan!Trail!Vernon!Campbell!River!Dawson!Creek!Comox!Williams!Lake!Prince!Rupert!Ridge!Meadows!Prince!George!Richmond!Powell!River!Salmon!Arm!Surrey!Quesnel!?? Participating CON Sites !174!health!professionals!received!our!survey!invitation.!We!closed!the!survey,!with!a!response!rate!of!19%.!!!!!Responses!were!received!from!Health!professionals!representing!24!CON!sites!and!6!Health!Authorities.!!!!Strengths:!!?? CON!sites!that!had!a!designated!team!member!dedicated!to!Survivorship!Transition!to!the!postWtreatment!phase!found!it!very!beneficial.!?? Individual!CON!sites!are!developing!programs!and!policies!to!meet!the!unique!needs!of!their!clients!in!the!post!treatment!phase!with!the!resources!available!to!them.!!?? Open!door!policy!at!CON!sites!was!frequently!reported!as!one!of!the!best!community!resources!for!postWtreatment!Survivors.!!Survey$Results!!Unmet!Needs:!??Lack!of!guidelines!??Limited!access!to!social!work,!counseling,!and/or!psychosocial!support!??Staff!or!time!constraints!??The!need!for!support!and!connection!with!the!BCCA!Provincial!Survivorship!Program.!!Survey$Results!!We!would!like!to!thank!the!health!professionals!who!generously!shared!their!time!and!participated!in!this!project.!!!We!would!also!like!to!thank!the!BCCA!Provincial!Survivorship!Program!for!including!us!in!this!work.!!"@en ; edm:hasType "Report"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0084616"@en ; dcterms:language "eng"@en ; ns0:peerReviewStatus "Unreviewed"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:rights "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada"@en ; ns0:rightsURI "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/"@en ; ns0:scholarLevel "Undergraduate"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "University of British Columbia. NURS 344"@en ; dcterms:title "Exploring and celebrating promising practices in cancer survivorship in BC"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en ; ns0:identifierURI "http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46179"@en .