E-Cigarettes and How to Advocate for a Tobacco-Free Future Podcast

From the Prevent Cancer Foundation:


Join us as we continue the dialogue on cancer screening with podcasts featuring Dialogue speakers and other noted cancer professionals exploring critical issues in cancer screening. Four podcasts will be released bi-weekly beginning July 30.

E-Cigarettes and How to Advocate for a Tobacco-Free Future featuring Cathy Callaway, Associate Director of State & Local Campaigns at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and Erika Sward, Assistant Vice President for National Advocacy at the American Lung Association.

This podcast focuses on electronic cigarettes and tobacco-control advocacy. We’ll hear more about the public health concerns from our tobacco-control advocates as they talk about advocacy at the state and local levels.


Podcast can be heard here: http://blog.preventcancer.org/dialogue-for-action/podcasts/.

4th Annual Florida CHW Coalition Summit

Please join us for the 4th Annual Florida CHW Coalition Summit --
Our Time is Now! Linking Care, Communities, Compassion & Careers

Orlando, Florida

September 25-26, 2014
https://www.regonline.com/chwcoalitionsummit2014

No registration fee, travel awards available.

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer

Webcast of Press Conference: Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer


Please join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the unveiling of the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. by webcast: http://webcast.sgctapreventskincancer.com/


Stakeholder Call: Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer

Please join Acting Surgeon General RADM Boris Lushniak and other stakeholders for a brief synopsis and discussion of the Call to Action on Tuesday, July 29 at 3:00 PM ET

Proposed Agenda

3:00 PM Welcome and introduction of speakers

3:10 PM Brief synopsis of Call to Action

3:20 PM “Call to Action—in Action”

 3:30 PM Q&A

3:50 PM Call concludes   


Call in Number: 1-800-857-9676
Passcode: HHS

**Participants can start calling in 15 minutes beforehand.

The Call to Action and related consumer materials will be available at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/ on Tuesday, July 29, 2014.

Elder Options evidence-based workshops

Diabetes Self-Management - July 30 - September 3, 2014
Location: City of Newbery, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.
25515 NW 6th Ave. Newberry / Time : 9:30am - 12:00pm. To register, call Judy Lewis, Center Manager at (352)474 - 6078.

Living Healthy with Chronic Disease - August 4 - September 15, 2014
Location: Elder Options, 100 SW 75th St. Suite 301, Gainesville Time: 9:00am. - 11:30am.
To register contact Elder Options at (352)692 – 5219

Diabetes Self - Management - August 4 - September 15, 2014
Location: Elder Options, 100 SW 75th St. Suite 301, Gainesville Time: 1:00pm. - 3:30pm.
To register contact Elder Options at (352)692 – 5219

Diabetes Self-Management - August 22 - September 26, 2014
Location - High Springs Library - 135 N.W. 1st Avenue, High Springs Time: 1:00pm. - 3:30pm. Register on-line at www.aclib.us/high-springs & go to “Branch Events Calendar” or call the library at: (386)454 - 2515

Living Healthy With Chronic Disease - September 8 - October 13, 2014
Location: Tower Rd. Branch Library - 3020 SW 75th St. , Gainesville Time: 10:00am. - 12:30pm.
To register call Elder Options at (352)-692-5219 or call the library at: (352)-333-2842

Diabetes Self-Management Workshop - October 13 - November 17, 2014
Location: Archer Library - 13266 Florida 45, Archer
Time: 11:00am. - 1:30pm. Register On-line at: www.aclib.us/archer & go to “Branch Events Calendar” Or call the library at: (352)495-3367

Living Healthy With Chronic Disease - High Springs Library, 135 N.W. 1st Ave. Date and Time TBA.. Contact Elder Options at (352)692-5252 for more information.

“A Matter of Balance” - August 4 - September 29, 2014
Location - High Springs Library - 135 N.W. 1st Avenue, High Springs Time: 10:00am. - 12:00pm. Register on-line at www.aclib.us/high-springs & go to “Branch Events Calendar” or call the library at: (386)454 – 2515

Living Healthy with Chronic Disease -
Location - Monroe Hospital - Ocala
Date & Time TBA. Call Elder Options at (352)692-5219 for more information

**These workshops are offered in several locations Free of charge, but seating is limited so early registration is recommended.

Cancer Prevention and Worksite Health Promotion: Time to Join Forces

An essay titled, “Cancer Prevention and Worksite Health Promotion: Time to Join Forces” was published today in Preventing Chronic Disease: www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/14_0127.htm. 


 Ideas presented in the essay stem from discussions held during the Cancer prevention across the lifespan (CPAL)-hosted meeting on “Opportunities for Cancer Prevention in the Workplace” (held July 2013). The essay draws attention to a wide variety of available CDC resources on workplace health promotion and protection and provides ideas for new efforts to advance primary cancer prevention among working adults. 


 The essay was written by the Cancer Prevention in the Workplace Writing Group, which includes individuals from across our Center, as well as individuals from NIOSH, CDC’s Worklife Wellness Office, CDC’s Community Guide Branch, Emory University, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

ASCO Launches Palliative Care Resource Center

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) launches Palliative Care Resource Center ASCO's Palliative Care Resource Center provides a central location for its range of reference materials for physicians and patients. ASCO offers a range of resources to help providers integrate primary palliative care into the oncology setting, while helping to promote policies and practices that support this environment. The Resource Center provides a comprehensive library of ASCO's resources on palliative care along with videos, underscoring the critical need to improve palliative care in oncology. Click here to connect to ASCO’s Palliative Care Resource Center.

To view, please visit:http://www.asco.org/practice-research/palliative-care-oncology?et_cid=34074497&et_rid=463564620&linkid=Palliative%20Care%20Resource%20Center

July Webinars from the GW Cancer Institute

Effects of the Affordable Care Act Among Cancer Survivors: Expanded Insurance Options and Other Potential Impacts

July 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. ET

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) represents the most dramatic expansion of health insurance for vulnerable Americans since implementation of the Medicaid and Medicare programs in the 1960s. The legislation and accompanying regulations are complex, as they are designed to address a variety of gaps in coverage while working within existing structures for providing health insurance.  Some aspects of the ACA are specifically designed to address barriers to coverage for individuals with health problems such as cancer that may keep them out of the labor force or otherwise limit access to private insurance. This session will provide an overview of key components of the ACA and how they provide expanded insurance options for cancer survivors, as well as other potential impacts on out-of-pocket burdens, access to specialty providers and therapies, and enrollment in clinical trials. Register today.

Tools and Policies to Prevent Skin Cancer Through Reduction of UV Exposure

Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT

Join us as we explore the important cancer control issue of ultraviolet (UV) exposure and skin cancer prevention. This session will highlight recent research and resources designed to better identify levels of UV exposure and how one state built upon a strong educational program to a policy and systems approach to address sun safety.  

Exposure to UV radiation has long been recognized as the most important environmental risk factor for melanoma; exposures in early childhood may be most important and there is evidence that cumulative UV exposure and the time spent outdoors may increase melanoma risk. Dr. Zaria Tatalovich, with NCI’S Surveillance Research Program, will discuss how the County Level UV Exposure Data for the Continental United States dataset can help predict potential exposure at local levels.

We are excited to pair Dr. Tatalovich’s presentation with efforts coming from the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) who implemented a robust sun safety intervention in a variety of settings that formed the basis for an extensive, multi-level effort around skin cancer prevention. Beth Pinkerton, in the NMDOH Cancer Control Program, will provide an overview of interventions in New Mexico, discuss the evolving emphasis on policy within the current projects on sun safety, and discuss the New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Control Program outcomes, lessons learned, and applicability in other communities.

As always, part of the webinar will be dedicated to your questions. We look forward to you engaging with the presenters, and sharing your own experiences.

Speakers:

Zaria Tatalovich, Ph.D.
Acting Chief, Surveillance Systems
Branch Surveillance Research
Program Division of Cancer Control
and Population Sciences, NCI

Beth Pinkerton
Manager –
Comprehensive Cancer Program
New Mexico Department of Health

Register Now!
Please click on the following link for more information and to register for this event: https://researchtoreality.cancer.gov/cyber-seminars/tools-and-policies-prevent-skin-cancer-through-reduction-uv-exposure.

Following registration, you will receive a confirmation email with the toll free number, web URL, and participant passcode. This cyber-seminar will be archived on the Research to Reality (R2R) web site at http://researchtoreality.cancer.gov approximately one week following the presentation.