Through funding and support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the GW Cancer Center has released its updated social media toolkit for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The social media toolkit will help you use evidence-based practices when communicating about breast cancer, and it includes sample messaging for Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
For more information about social media platforms, key terms, and strategies to promote health observances using social media, see the Social Media for Health Observances Guide at bit.ly/GWCCSMTKs.
The CCCNP hosts a 30-minute check-in by Zoom for CCC coalitions and programs every third Tuesday at 4pm ET to share their questions and solutions related to sustaining CCC coalitions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Notes from previous check-ins are available here.
On October 20, though, the CCCNP will host a one-hour meet-up by Zoom (part of the original sustaining coalitions quarterly meet-up series) on engaging partners to address rural health disparities. We are fortunate to have with us representatives of the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) to discuss the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Policy and Recommendations on Cancer Control in Rural Communities. We also will hear about a study of cancer surveillance and access to care in rural America, focusing on colon and cervical cancer. Zoom call-in information is available here, and notes from previous quarterly meet-ups are available here.
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health’s Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Network is one of eight national organizations funded by the CDC to implement population-specific strategies to help decrease commercial tobacco use and related cancers. With a focus on underserved Hispanic communities, Nuestras Voces facilitates partnerships among CDC-funded tobacco and cancer control programs at the state level, Hispanic serving providers, and community-based organizations, national organizations, and other consortium national networks. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Nuestra Voces Network developed a bilingual infographic in English and Spanish to raise awareness of breast cancer among younger women and promote CDC’s Bring your Brave Campaign and CDC’s Spanish information on breast cancer. Visit Nuestra Voces Network's website to learn more!
TRAINING AND EVENTS
10/8: Webinar - Committing to Healthier Food and Beverages in Hospitals: Innovative Approaches from the Field Register
10/14: Webinar - Building Healthy and Resilient Communities During COVID-19 Register
10/19-10/21: Event - Integrated Health Literacy Research/Practice/Policy Register
Enrollment available through 11/6: Event - Inspiring Change 2.0 Evidence-Based Implementation Mini-Course Register
