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Overview
The SJCARES Policies tool set aims to collaboratively bridge evidence-to-policy and policy-to-action gaps at a regional, national and global level. These tools foster collaboration among policy designers, implementers, researchers and advocates.
Public policies shape national priorities, funding and incentives that impact health. Unfortunately, the vital context and content of policies are often not accessible to decision-makers and advocates. As part of SJCARES Policies, the Health Systems Unit has developed tools with collaborators to support comprehensive national cancer control planning, acknowledging the broader national health policy context.
SJCARES Policies is designed to appraise the health policy environment to scale up childhood cancer control through evidence-informed policy interventions and optimize national health and cancer planning inclusive of children and adolescents with cancer.
Click here to go to the Global Policy Monitor, which visually summarizes the curated, publicly accessible policies from Global Policy CoreBank.
Policies Tools
Since 2014, the Health Systems Unit has collated and reviewed more than 1,000 national documents outlining government priorities for, commitments to, and joint actions on cancer and other health needs, along with hundreds of associated analytic and strategic documents. These documents include national cancer control plans (NCCPs), integrated noncommunicable disease plans (that may cover conditions such as cancer, as well as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and sickle cell disease), and national strategic and action plans and policies.
Curated documents are systematically cataloged in a repository, the St. Jude Global Policy CoreBank. The Health Systems Unit works with collaborators to conduct comprehensive framework-driven analyses of curated policies as part of the Global Policy Analyst. It also captures sample visualizations and analytics from the policies as part of the Global Policy Monitor.
Applying insights distilled from these global analyses, at a national level, the Health Systems Unit has developed an NCCP Digest that comprises a National Policy Landscape Scan, a Snapshot Analysis template and a Dialogue Facilitator template for those interested in pursuing further collaboration and policy dialogues. Altogether, the digest can be used as a country policy planning and progress tool to review and align data on national cancer-related public policies’ existence and policy content, and stimulate dialogue concerning the national health policy environment.
For those interested in querying policies and concepts in more detail, the Unit’s NCCP Ontology outlines typical terminology used to describe relevant policy concepts in different languages.
Together, SJCARES Policies tools set the stage for policy research, informed policy dialogues, political advocacy and participatory policy design that integrate the needs of children and adolescents into national agendas and actions.
Our Team
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Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Asia Pacific Region, St. Jude Global
Director, Health Systems Unit
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Asia Pacific Region, St. Jude Global
Director, Health Systems Unit
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Pediatric hematology-oncology in resource-limited settings: evaluating outcomes, applying quality improvement efforts and implementing best practices
- Improving patient outcomes by addressing timely diagnosis, treatment abandonment and palliative care needs
- Advancing outcomes in rare solid tumors, including adrenocortical tumors and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Health disparities research; health literacy and patient education
- Optimizing treatment and research for children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumors
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Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Oncology
MS 721, Room S2014B
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Executive Vice President
Chair, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
Director, St. Jude Global
Co-Associate Director, Outreach, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Four Stars of Chicago Endowed Chair in International Pediatric Outreach
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Executive Vice President
Chair, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
Director, St. Jude Global
Co-Associate Director, Outreach, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Four Stars of Chicago Endowed Chair in International Pediatric Outreach
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Global medicine
- Pediatric solid tumors
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Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD
Global Pediatric Medicine
MS 721, Room S2015
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Meenakshi Devidas, PhD, MBA
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Global Analytics
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Clinical trial design, analysis, and monitoring
- Innovative trial designs for rare cancers and other diseases
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Meenakshi Devidas, PhD, MBA
Global Pediatric Medicine
MS 721, Room S3044
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Meghana Avula
Director of Global Technology
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Meghana Avula
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Yichen Chen, PhD, MSc
Senior Biostatistician, Global Analytics
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Yichen Chen, PhD, MSc
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Wendy Archibald
Administrative Specialist, Health Systems Unit
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Wendy Archibald
Global Pediatric Medicine
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Richard Howard MSE
Health Systems Analyst, Health Systems Unit
Richard Howard MSE
Health Systems Analyst, Health Systems Unit
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Richard Howard MSE
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Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Asia Pacific Region, St. Jude Global
Director, Health Systems Unit
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Asia Pacific Region, St. Jude Global
Director, Health Systems Unit
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Pediatric hematology-oncology in resource-limited settings: evaluating outcomes, applying quality improvement efforts and implementing best practices
- Improving patient outcomes by addressing timely diagnosis, treatment abandonment and palliative care needs
- Advancing outcomes in rare solid tumors, including adrenocortical tumors and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Health disparities research; health literacy and patient education
- Optimizing treatment and research for children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumors
Contact Information
Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Oncology
MS 721, Room S2014B
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Patricia Loggetto, MPP
Project Coordinator, Central and South America Regional Program
Patricia Loggetto, MPP
Project Coordinator, Central and South America Regional Program
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Patricia Loggetto, MPP
St. Jude Global
St. Jude Childen's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Sherri Blackburn
Senior Business Analyst, SJ Global Information Services
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Sherri Blackburn
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
