Community Outreach Tips and Resources
Posted 3 months ago in Cancer Awareness
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Community Outreach
As oncology healthcare professionals, we have a duty to raise awareness and educate our community about preventable cancers and early detection. Community outreach is a wonderful way to teach and provide resources related to cancer prevention and screening. It's also the perfect time to clear up myths and contradictions people have heard in the news or from others. There are many websites that have free cancer prevention materials, promotional materials and event guidance. See those listed later in this post.
See Community Outreach Tips for tips on planning, preparing and implementing community outreach.
When spending the time to plan, use creative and diverse education methods, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and having structured systems in place for capturing metrics, a community outreach event can be an attainable and worthy goal.
General Cancer Prevention and Screening Educational Materials and Guides:
- American Cancer Society: Educational Materials for Your Patients
- American Institute for Cancer Research (Nutrition and Cancer Prevention)
- CDC Cancer
- CDC Cancer Change Packages (breast, cervical and colorectal cancers)
- The Community Guide
- National Cancer Institute: Supporting Community Outreach and Engagement
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
Cancer-specific Prevention and Screening Educational Materials Guides:
- American Academy of Dermatology: Community Outreach Toolkit
- American College of Gastroenterology: CRC Community Education Toolkit
- American Lung Association
- Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program
- Breast Cancer Resource Center: Community Education and Outreach Program
- Colon Cancer Coalition
- GO2 for Lung Cancer
- Lungevity
- National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Oral Cancer Foundation: Health Promotion in Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- Oral Cancer Foundation: Screening Event Downloads
- Share Cancer Support women's cancers
- Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Educational Resources
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation
- Zero Prostate Cancer
Additional Resources:
- Commission on Cancer Standards and Resources
- GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences: Health Awareness Campaigns
- NAPBC Standards and Resources