January 2020 │ Vol 7 │ Issue 4

Welcome to the Cancer Control Technical Assistance Periodical (TAP). Any questions? Drop us a line at cancercontrol@gwu.edu.

NEWS FROM THE GW CANCER CENTER

Zoom Meet-Ups Recap The Sustaining Coalitions Work Group from the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership recently hosted a Zoom meet-up to discuss diversifying resources. T hanks to all who participated in this informative conversation! Click here to see notes from previous meet-ups and watch for the next meet-up in April. Cancer Prevention Month and World Cancer Day Toolkit Did you know that the GW Cancer Center offers a useful resource for Cancer Prevention Month and World Cancer Day in February? Download last year's Cancer Prevention Month and World Cancer Day Social Media Toolkit for resources and creative tips for using social media platforms beyond just Facebook and Twitter.  Download it today! Survivorship Objectives in CCC Plans Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, recently co-authored a study on survivorship objectives in comprehensive cancer control plans . In its landmark 2005 report, the former Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that state comprehensive cancer control plans address survivorship care. In this review, the authors identified survivorship-related goals and objectives and assessed their alignment with the IOM recommendations. Click here to read the abstract.

CANCER CONTROL SPOTLIGHT

Research shows that individuals who identify as Hispanic/Latinx are more likely to underutilize health care services compared to other populations. The Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County (CRC), a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for cancer patients in Mendocino County, identified that only 7% of their client population is Latinx (despite Latinx making up 25.6% of the population in the county). In response, staff created a plan to improve outreach to the local community. Read more about their efforts at Action4PSEChange.org.

TRAINING AND EVENTS

2/2-2/5: Event - AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference Register 2/10-2/11: Event - AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference Register 2/12: Event - All Hands on Deck: Improving Community Health Register 3/3: Event - NIMHD 10th Anniversary Scientific Symposium: Innovations to Promote Health Equity Register

RESOURCES

Archived Webinar : Tobacco Cessation Counseling and Medications: An Overview of Medicare, Medicaid and Private Insurance Coverage Data/Surveillance: Update: MMWR on E-Cigarette and Vaping Product Use and Associated Lung Injury Resource: Closing in on the Bull's Eye: Moving from Volume to Value through HPV Vaccination Resource : PSE Playbook: Implementing Policy, System & Environmental Change in Our Communities

WHAT WE'RE READING

Forbes: The Financial Burden of Breast Cancer CNN: US Cancer Death Rate Sees Largest-Ever Single-Year Drop, Report Says NIH Director's Blog: Insurance Status Helps Explain Racial Disparities in Cancer Diagnosis Oncology Nurse Advisor: Bridging the Gap: Standardizing Inpatient/Outpatient, Adult/Pediatric Oncology Nursing Practices in a Rural Health Care Setting

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

National Institutes of Health Mechanisms of Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cancer (R21) (LOI due 3/1) Administration for Community Living Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program: RERC on Rehabilitation Strategies, Techniques, and Interventions (due 3/9) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars (due 3/11) Building Population Health Research Capacity in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands Resource-Related Research Projects -- Cooperative Agreements (due 7/15)

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