Local Implementation of Cancer Control
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In August 2010, NACCHO was awarded funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Cancer Prevention and Control to increase the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) implementing local comprehensive cancer control. NACCHO is currently developing a community action guide for local health departments seeking to develop a local comprehensive cancer control coalition.
Join Your State Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition
Every state has a CDC funded comprehensive cancer control coalition that convenes to address the cancer burden in their states. As local health departments play a crucial role in the prevention and early detection of cancer, local health departments are encouraged to join and participate in their state coalition. If you are not already a member, please contact Becky Johnson at rjohnson@naccho.org to get linked with your state coalition director. To find out more about what your state is doing to prevent and control cancer, click here. 
Register for the upcoming Research to Reality (R2R) cyber-seminar "Using Systems Thinking and Tools to Solve Public Health Problems." The webinar will focus on systems thinking and how parts within a whole influence one another. This is part of a larger, monthly cyber-seminar series offered by the National Cancer Institute that brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss, learn, and collaborate on moving research into practice. More » 
Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. provides links to comprehensive cancer control resources for public health professionals. Some of the links include access to evidence based interventions for cancer, access to information regarding state level comprehensive cancer control activities, and access to State Cancer Profiles, a great resource for finding cancer related statistics down to the county level. More » |
