Arunah Chandran, Public Health Officer, Equity and Diversity Officer, IARC/WHO, shared a post on LinkedIn about a paper she co-authored with colleagues published in JCO Global Oncology:
“Co-creating Change for Equitable Cancer Care in Three States in India.
The Access Cancer Care India (ACCI) project utilized a multilevel stakeholder engagement across different levels in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Rajasthan to co-design integrated cancer screening strategies.
This process surfaced critical barriers, including deep-rooted fear, stigma, and systemic gaps such as weak healthcare coordination to name a few.
Stakeholders co-designed feasible, context-specific solutions, emphasizing the urgent need for
- Clear referral and patient navigation systems
- Power of community campaigns rooted in lived experiences to dispel fear
In this manuscript, we present a replicable approach for engaging stakeholders for advancing equitable early detection of cancers and reducing diagnostic delays in resource-limited settings.
We thank our collaborators across Cancer Institute (WIA) Karkinos Healthcare GBH General and GBH Memorial Cancer Hospital for being heavily invested throughout this project, Ishu Kataria for her leadership in writing this piece, Sathishrajaa Palaniraja who has been diligently managing the project on a day-to-day basis, and all co-authors and colleagues who have contributed immensely to the project over the years.”
Title: Co-creating Change: Stakeholder Engagement in Advancing Equitable Cancer Screening in India
Authors: Ishu Kataria, Kunal Oswal, Nandimandalam Venkata Vani, Rajaraman Swaminathan, Asiya Ansari Liji, Rita Isaac, Moni Kuriakose, Hardika Parekh, Rohit Rebello, Arunah Chandran, Sathishrajaa Palaniraja, Sharad Iyengar, Partha Basu, Richard Sullivan, Arnie Purushotham
You can read the full article in JCO Global Oncology.
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