July 2019 │ Vol 6 │ Issue 10
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
Summer is a great time to encourage your audience to practice sun safety and reduce the risk for skin cancers like melanoma. In the United States, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, with over 80,000 cases diagnosed each year. Spread the word and learn more by downloading the GW Cancer Center's Melanoma Awareness Social Media Toolkit.

Identifying Rural Cancer Control Opportunities
The GW Cancer Center is currently seeking input from coalitions that have representation from their State Office of Rural Health (SORH). We are looking for a few examples of successful engagement or collaboration with SORH representatives. If you are part of a coalition with an active SORH member, please email us at cancercontrol@gwu.edu, we'd love to learn more!

The Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) National Partnership's Sustaining Coalitions work group would like to invite you to their second CCC Coalition Leaders Zoom Meet-Up on July 30 at 4:00 PM ET. Meet-ups are one hour long and held on a quarterly basis to provide a platform for exchanging ideas and discussing your coalition's successes and challenges. For this meet-up, facilitators from the CCC National Partnership will guide a discussion on coalition member engagement. Save the date and join us by clicking on the Zoom link ( international numbers available).

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, PhD(c), associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, and Mohammad Khalaf, MPH, senior manager for comprehensive cancer control at the GW Cancer Center, will be presenting at the upcoming American College of Surgeons' Quality and Safety Conference in Washington, DC. Pratt-Chapman will be speaking on Providing Affirming Care for Sexual and Gender Minority Patients, while Khalaf will be speaking on Implementing the Commission on Cancer Standard 3.1 Patient Navigation Process: A Road Map for Comprehensive Cancer Control Professionals and Cancer Program Administrators. Attending the conference? Be sure to stop by their presentations to say hello!
CANCER CONTROL SPOTLIGHT
In 2013, nearly 26% of adults in Arkansas smoked cigarettes, significantly higher than the national average. Cigarette smoking is a significant risk factor for chronic diseases and cancer, and secondhand smoke can also harm the health of nonsmokers. To combat tobacco use, the Arkansas Cancer Coalition (ACC) collaborated with officials at the Arkansas State Fair to staff an educational booth at the fairgrounds to educate attendees on the effects of smoking on health. In addition, the ACC's work culminated in 2015 with a written policy prohibiting the use of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices in all indoor offices and entertainment facilities at the fair, including a 20-foot smoke-free zone outside of each facility. Learn more about this effort from Action4PSEChange.org.
TRAINING AND EVENTS
7/19-7/22: Event - American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference Register

7/22: Webinar - Innovative Ways to Implement Complete Streets Register

7/25: Webinar - Best Practices for Supporting Cancer Screening in Hispanic/Latinx Clients with Behavioral Health Conditions Register

7/31: Webinar - Obesity and Cancer: Impact on Risk and Survivorship Register

8/8: Webinar - The Health Value of Community Development: Making Connections Across Sectors Register

8/21: Event - National Academy for State Health Policy Annual Conference Register

8/28: Webinar - Sugar Sweetened Beverages: Strategies to Reduce Consumption Register
RESOURCES
WHAT WE'RE READING
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research (due 7/31)


Jefferson College of Population Health Hearst Health Prize for Excellence in Population Health (due 8/9)



Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Improving Methods for Conducting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (LOI due 10/1)