# Policy implementation for cancer control in Nigeria

> **NIH NIH U54** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $149,988

## Abstract

Project Summary
This application is being submitted in response to the Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) identified as NOT-CA-
24-039. Policy is a powerful tool for achieving cancer control goals globally, however virtually no studies have
examined how policymakers in Africa, make policy decisions using research evidence. Furthermore, effective
dissemination of scientific research evidence can increase the likelihood that policymaker’s decisions are
aligned with evidence to control cancer, however a research-to-policy gap persists, with limited knowledge on
dissemination strategies that influence policymakers’ engagement with research evidence for cancer control.
This study aims to improve the use of research evidence among Nigerian policymakers and then develop data-
driven dissemination strategies that promote research on vaccine preventable cancers using audience
segmentation and designathons. Guided by the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation and Sustainment
framework, our specific aims are: 1) Use qualitative in-depth interviews and priority mapping exercises to
explore policy actor characteristics and organizational climate factors related to research evidence use and
preferences for vaccine preventable cancers (i.e. cervical and liver cancer) in Nigeria; 2) Empirically identify
and determine sub-groups of policy actors at various organizations focused on cancer control in Nigeria and
their distinct preferences and evidence use behaviors using latent class analysis; and 3) Use designathons
with sub-groups of policy actors to design and assess the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of
dissemination strategies for research evidence use. Our overarching goal is not to create a monolithic “one-
size fits all” research evidence or dissemination strategies for cancer control policies in Nigeria, but to
demonstrate that our use of audience segmentation and designathons can be used to address policy and
dissemination science knowledge deficits for cancer control policies on vaccines for preventable cancers, in
Africa’s most populous country.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11093714
- **Project number:** 3U54CA284110-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** OLIVER CHUKWUJEKWU EZECHI
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $149,988
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2023-09-19 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11093714

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11093714, Policy implementation for cancer control in Nigeria (3U54CA284110-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11093714. Licensed CC0.

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