2nd Annual Cancer Symposium: Improving Outcomes Area L AHEC Learning Institute Rocky Mount, NC Thurs

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2nd Annual Cancer Symposium Improving
OutcomesArea L AHEC Learning InstituteRocky
Mount, NCThursday, October 19, 2006
Latasha Sanders, Community Development
Coordinator
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NC Cancer Control Historical Perspective

• Since 1945
• Womens Field Army (original ACS) and the N.C.
  Medical Society
• GA passed the Cancer Control Act of 1945
• 1st in nation
• Education, awareness, and information
• First budget was 37,000

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NC Cancer Control Historical Perspective

• Important Years in NC Cancer Control History
• 1992 Commission on Cancer
• NC Breast Cervical Cancer Control
  Program
• 1993 General Assembly mandated Advisory Committee
  on
• Cancer Coordination and Control
• NC Comprehensive Cancer Program
• 1996 1st Cancer Plan presented to General
  Assembly
• 2003 Cancer Branch

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NC Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and
Control

• Recommend to the Secretary a plan for statewide
  implementation of an interagency comprehensive
  coordinated cancer control program by
• Identifies and examines limitations and problems
  associated with
• Existing laws
• Regulations
• Programs and services related to cancer control
• Examine financing and access to cancer control
  services for NC citizens
• Identify and review health promotion and disease
  prevention strategies relating to the leading
  causes of cancer mortality and morbidity

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NC Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and
Control
Contd.

• Recommended Standards for
• Oversight and development of cancer control
  services
• Development and maintenance of interagency
  training and technical assistance in the
  provision of cancer control services
• Program monitoring and data collection
• Statewide evaluation of local based cancer
  control programs
• Coordination of funding sources for cancer
  control programs and
• Procedures for awarding grants to local agencies
  providing cancer services

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NC Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and
Control
Affiliates

• Legislators
• Cancer Survivors
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Department of Public Instruction
• NC Community College System
• NC Medical Schools
• UNC-CH School of Medicine
• Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• Duke University School of Medicine
• East Carolina University School of Medicine
• NC Nurses Association
• Cancer Committee of the NC Medical Society

• Old North State Medical Society
• American Cancer Society NC Division, Inc.
• NC Hospital Association
• NC Association of Local Health Directors
• Licensed Primary Care Physician
• American College of Surgeons
• NC Oncology Society
• Association of NC Cancer Registrars
• Medical Directors of the NC Association of Health
  Plans
• Members-at-Large

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NC Cancer Assistance Unit

• Provide resources services
• diagnosis and treatment costs
• Qualification Eligibility
• Residency requirements
• US citizen migrant farm workers or the dependent
  of one
• Financial requirements
• Income based on 115 of poverty level ineligible
  for Medicaid little or no insurance
• Medical requirements
• Symptoms or conditions that indicate cancer, or
  diagnosed as having cancer 25 or better 5-yr.
  survival at time of tx

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NC Cancer Partnership

• Mission
• Collaborating to make a difference in the lives
  of North Carolinians with cancer, their families,
  and their communities.
• An opportunity for every Cancer stakeholder to
  have an opportunity to participate and contribute
• Goal
• Build upon and collaborate with community
  organizations and projects already in progress to
  enhance efforts for cancer prevention and
  control.

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NC Cancer Partnership Regions
Greenville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Camden
Northampton
Alleghany
Gates
Currituck
Rockingham
Warren
Ashe
Surry
Caswell
Stokes
Pasquotank
Hertford
Vance
Person
Halifax
Perquimans
Wilkes
Watauga
Granville
Yadkin
Orange
Bertie
Chowan
Forsyth
Franklin
Mitchell
Asheville
Guilford
Avery
Nash
Caldwell
Yancey
Durham
Alamance
Alexander
Davie
Edgecombe
Washington
Madison
Dare
Martin
Iredell
Tyrrell
Burke
Wake
Davidson
Wilson
Buncombe
Catawba
Chatham
McDowell
Randolph
Haywood
Pitt
Rowan
Beaufort
Swain
Hyde
Johnston
Lincoln
Greene
Rutherford
Lee
Graham
Henderson
Cabarrus
Jackson
Harnett
Gaston
Moore
Stanly
Lenoir
Wayne
Polk
Cherokee
Cleveland
Craven
Transylvania
Macon
Montgomery
Pamlico
Clay
Mecklenburg
Cumberland
Jones
Sampson
Charlotte
Richmond
Anson
Hoke
Union
Duplin
Scotland
Carteret
Onslow
Robeson
Bladen
Pender
New Hanover
Wilmington
Columbus
Brunswick
August 28, 2006
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Logic Design
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CDC Comprehensive Cancer Control
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Benefits
Knowledge
Motivation
Practice
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N.C. Cancer Partnerships Open membership
N.C. Advisory Committee On Cancer Coordination and
Control 34 appointed members
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Background
Purpose
Mission
Goals
Objectives
Vision
Core Values
Strategies
Workgroups Descriptions
Job Descriptions
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North Carolinas Cancer Plan

• What Role Can You Play
• Provide information to clients
• Partner with local support groups
• Financial Resources Pharmaceutical Assistance
  Programs
• Assist survivors to become more active
• Become involved in palliative care through NC
  Pain Initiative
• Cancer Survivorship Care Planning Promote early
  usage of Hospice
• Volunteer with local cancer activities
• ACS
• Komen
• PCCNC
• Provide education and awareness

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NC Comprehensive Cancer Program
Questions Answers Latasha Sanders, Community
Development Coordinator 1922 MSC Raleigh, NC
27699 919-707-5318 (o) 919-870-4811
(f) latasha.sanders_at_ncmail.net
Thank You