Through funding and support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce the release of two toolkits updated for 2020: the
National Cancer Control Month Social Media Toolkit and the
Minority Health Month and Minority Cancer Awareness Week Social Media Toolkit. Both can be used in April for their respective awareness months/week. The toolkits have tips for getting started on social media, sample messaging for Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and creative ideas for engaging with your audience on a variety of social media platforms like Reddit, Instagram, Snapchat and more.
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center, recently co-authored a paper on the relationship between clinician recommendation and cancer
screenings among a sample of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. The study provided evidence of an association between provider recommendations and screenings for breast, colorectal, prostate, lung, and anal cancer. Click
here to read the paper.
The
Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership (CCCNP) is grateful to those of you who have refocused your work to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In these unsettling times, the work of CCC coalitions in developing cancer control plans and implementing strategies to improve the health of communities takes on even more meaning. To provide an opportunity for coalitions to discuss issues related to sustaining coalitions during the pandemic, we will hold weekly 30-minute Zoom check-ins for all CCC coalition members and program staff. The first check-in will be on April 21 at 4 p.m. We will postpone our discussion on “Engaging Clinical and Academic Partners in your CCC Coalition,” previously scheduled for April 28, until July. Instead, on April 28, we will hold a one-hour long session focusing on COVID-19 and cancer. Call-in information for all Zoom calls is the same and can be found
here.
CANCER CONTROL SPOTLIGHT
The Montana Cancer Coalition Treatment and Research and Quality of Life and Survivorship Implementation Teams recently published
two interactive Montana resource maps. These comprehensive resources provide specific information on screening, treatment, and survivorship services and resources available throughout the state. Click
here to access the screening and treatment services map, and click
here to access the quality of life services map.
TRAINING AND EVENTS
4/21: Webinar: Understanding Social Determinants of Health to Advance Cancer Health Equity: Clinical-Community Linkages
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5/6: Webinar - American College of Surgeons CAnswer Forum 2020 Commission on Cancer Standards
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Register by 5/18: Event - The Center for Implementation Mini-Course: Inspiring Change
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COVID-19 RESOURCES
This issue of the Cancer Control TAP newsletter provides an expanded list of COVID-19 resources that may be used by cancer programs, coalitions, and their partners.
