August 2019 │ Vol 10 │ Issue 8
Back to school season isn't just for kids, it's also a great time to polish up your professional skills or learn something new! The GW Cancer Center offers online courses on many topics, including patient navigation and survivorship. Many courses even offer no-cost CME. Learn more.
Staff from the GW Cancer Center recently published an article in Oncology Nursing Forum on evaluation findings from the Executive Training on Navigation and Survivorship. Learners reported improvements in confidence for all seven training modules. Learn more.
Paige McDonald, EdD, director of curriculum for the PhD in Translational Health Sciences and managing director for the IMPACT Initiative at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, defines sustainable change during her presentation at the TEAM Training in January 2018.
UPCOMING EVENTS
8/27 Event: National Prevention Network Annual Conference Learn more and register

8/28 Webinar: Strategies for Addressing Vaccine Misinformation in Practice Learn more and register

8/28 Webinar: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Strategies to Reduce Consumption Learn more and register

9/4 Webinar: What Can We Expect from the New Poverty, Income and Health Insurance Data, and How Can We Find the Info We Need? Learn more and register

9/10 Webinar: Helping Your Breast Cancer Patients Manage Fear of Recurrence Learn more and register
RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country These articles fr om the most recent issue of Preventing Chronic Disease focus on Indian wellness. Together, the articles describe a model for public health practice that seeks to be relevant to the people being served, to uplift culture and respect local tradition, and to institutionalize sustainable health improvements.

Seeking Urban Practices Treating African-American Patients with Breast Cancer to Participate in ASCO's Quality Offerings with Komen Funding ASCO is seeking 10 oncology practices in urban centers in the U.S. with high proportions of African-American patients with breast cancer in 11 specific metropolitan areas to participate in its Quality Oncology Practice Initiative. Learn more .

2019 Colorectal Cancer Screening Messaging Guidebook: Recommended Messages to Reach the Unscreened This guidebook from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable shares findings and recommendations from market research and is designed to help in the education, empowerment and mobilization of those who are not getting screened for colorectal cancer.

Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series for Primary Care Providers Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is just around the corner in September. Did you know our Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series for Primary Care Providers offers a module on caring for prostate cancer survivors? Visit the E-Learning Series to learn more.
WHAT WE'RE READING
Health Day: HPV Vaccination Rate in U.S. Girls Has Stalled- Read the article or abstract

Medpage Today: Obesity-Associated Cancers on the Rise in Younger Patients - Read the article or abstract

Time: Confused About Who Should Get the HPV Vaccine, and When? The CDC Has New Recommendations - Read the article or new recommendations

UPI: Task Force Updates Recommendations for Breast Cancer Gene Testing - Read the article or abstract

National Cancer Institute: Study Suggests Reviewing Lung Cancer Screening Criteria for African Americans - Read the article or abstract