Through funding and support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, take a look at our latest social media toolkits, which can be used during Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month!
For more information about social media platforms, key terms, and strategies to promote health observances using social media, please review the Social Media for Health Observances Guide available at bit.ly/GWCCSMTKs. This Guide also includes links to images and graphics as well as analytic tools.
On July 21, the Sustaining Coalitions Work Group of the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership (CCCNP) held its quarterly Zoom meet-up on engaging academic and clinical partners. During the call, the CCCNP announced the release of a guide addressing ways that CCC programs and coalitions can meaningfully engage with their American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer state chairs. Click here for notes from previous meet-ups and stay tuned for details on the next quarterly call, which is scheduled for October.
In addition, the CCCNP will continue hosting its popular Zoom check-in series every third Tuesday at 4 pm, beginning on September 15. These short calls provide a chance for CCC coalitions to share their questions and solutions about sustaining coalitions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoom call-in information and notes from previous calls are available here.
SelfMade Health Network (SMHN) is one of ninenational organizations funded by the CDC to help decrease tobacco use and cancer in populations experiencing disparities. SelfMade Health Network is a national network of organizations, agencies, and businesses working together to decrease disparities among populations with low socioeconomic status (SES) throughout the United States. SMHN has recently released four fact sheets in its Coronavirus Series, all of which are posted in the "Educate" section of its website:
Visit the SMHN website for more information on how the network educates, empowers and mobilizes systems to eliminate cancer and tobacco-related disparities!
TRAINING AND EVENTS
9/11: Virtual Event - CDC's Office of Minority Health and Health Equity Ethical Dilemmas in Rural Health Register
9/16-9/17: Virtual Event - PCORI Annual Meeting: Accelerating Impact on Care and Patient-Centered Outcomes Register
9/21: Webinar - Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Care Cancer Care and Health Equity in the COVID-19 Era Register
