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The 2022 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey Results
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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship's 2022 State of Survivorship Survey highlights the experiences and impact that cancer treatment and care have for survivors. Survey respondents in the national sample represent a wide range of stages of diagnosis, demographics, and socioeconomic levels, and NCCS used a sampling plan to ensure the survey was representative of cancer patients nationally by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and region (based on data from the American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute). Survey data repeatedly show that significant disparities exist in the experience of cancer care, with a disproportionate effect among specific populations, including people of color, young adults, women, and individuals with metastatic cancer. As in previous years, respondents who are connected to NCCS consistently had higher expectations and lower satisfaction in their assessments of quality care and were more likely to feel empowered to be active in their care. NCCS’s mission is to advocate for quality cancer care for all people touched by cancer. The data in this survey demonstrate an urgent and ongoing need to fulfill this mission.
Access the report and infographic HERE. |
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Webinar:
Let’s Get to the Bottom of Colorectal Cancer
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 @ 2:00pm ET
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Colorectal cancer represents the third leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 106,970 people in the US will be told for the first time that they have colorectal cancer this year. ACS also estimates that 52,550 lives will be lost in 2023 due to colorectal cancer.
Join the Nuestras Voces Network and the National LGBT Cancer Network for this webinar, to hear our panel of experts discuss the burden of colorectal cancer among Hispanics and the LGBTQ+ community, screening for prevention, how new therapies and approaches are bringing hope and quality of life for colorectal cancer patients, and the importance of increasing participation of underrepresented populations in clinical trials. A community member on a cancer journey will also share their story and experiences Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Time: 2:00pm ET/11:00am PT |
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University of Rochester: Smoking Cessation Study for Hispanics
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Universidad de Rochester: Estudio para los hispanos para dejar de fumar
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Researchers at the University of Rochester are looking for Hispanic/Latino smokers to evaluate a text messaging program to quit smoking and be physically active.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Francisco Cartujano Francisco Cartujano@URMC.Rochester.edu (585) 353-0035 |
Investigadores(as) de la Universidad de Rochester están buscando
fumadores(as) Hispanos(as)/Latinos(as) para evaluar un programa de mensajes de texto para dejar de fumar y hacer actividad física. Para más información, por favor contacte al Dr. Francisco Cartuiano Francisco Cartujano@URMC.Rochester.edu (585) 353-0035 |
Online Course: Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer online course, which summarizes the relevant literature and existing recommendations to guide health care practitioners about risk, early diagnosis, and treatment for ovarian cancer. The free, CME-accredited course will help health care practitioners
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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month /
Enero es el Mes de Concientización sobre el Cáncer de Cuello Uterino
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During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is a good time to talk about prevention, detection and treatment of cervical cancer. Find out how to lower your risk, screening tests, and treatment options. Visit: https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/basic_info/ Durante el Mes de Concientización sobre el Cáncer de Cuello Uterino es un buen momento para hablar sobre la prevención, detección y el tratamiento del cáncer de cuello uterino. Descubra cómo reducir su riesgo, las pruebas de detección y opciones de tratamiento. Visite: https://www.cdc.gov/spanish/cancer/cervical/basic_info/index.htm |
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Resolve to be Smoke-free in 2023 / Decide estar libre de humo en el 2023
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Resolve to be Smoke-free in 2023: A new CDC feature article provides support to people who want to make quitting smoking their New Year’s resolution. In addition to providing practical tips, the article also promotes free resources to help them be successful.
Decide estar libre de humo en el 2023: Un nuevo artículo de los CDC brinda apoyo a las personas que desean que dejar de fumar sea su propósito de Año Nuevo. Además de brindar consejos prácticos, el artículo también promueve recursos gratuitos para ayudarlos a tener éxito. |
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Healthy Americas Foundation Resources for Health Care Settings
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The Great American Smokeout/El Gran Día de No Fumar
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There has never been a better time to quit smoking and begin living your best Smoke-free Life. In support of the Great American Smokeout, CDC/OSH has released a new feature article that includes five quick tips for people who smoke on how to increase their chances of successfully quitting. The article also shares information on how quit smoking medicines can help increase chances of quitting for good. To access the information visit: |
Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer
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NCI Research: A healthy lifestyle may help former smokers lower their risk of death from all causes
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A new study finds that former smokers who stick to a healthy lifestyle have a lower risk of dying from all causes, including cancer and heart and lung disease, than those who don’t have healthy habits. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle—defined as doing things such as being physically active and having a healthy diet—was associated with a 27% reduction in the risk of death over the 19-year follow-up period, compared with not maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The findings, which appeared Sept. 22, 2022, in JAMA Network Open, come from an analysis of a large group of former smokers who participated in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.
Access the study HERE. |
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New Online Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center
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The new online FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center provides science-based, standards-mapped materials that teachers can use to help their students understand the dangers associated with vaping and nicotine addiction. The new resource center features numerous age-appropriate, cross-curricular resources for teachers to promote learning and begin having open conversations with youth about vaping. In addition to content designed for teachers, CTP also developed materials for parents and teens. All content on the resource center is free, easy to navigate, and optimized for each audience.
Access the resource center HERE . |
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LET'S LEARN WEBINAR:
Pancreatic Cancer Treatment and Clinical Trails
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Let’s Win and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health's Nuestras Voces Network Program have teamed up for a series of hour-long Let’s Learn webinars to help us understand more about pancreatic cancer. The second webinar in the series, Pancreatic Cancer Treatment & Clinical Trials featured oncologists Dr. Kim A. Reiss and Dr. Jose G. Trevino with Daniel Garza as the moderator. Speakers will discuss the different treatment options for pancreatic cancer and the importance of participating in clinical trials. By learning more about treatment options and the importance of clinical trials, healthcare professionals can help patients make informed decisions about treatment choices to improve survival rate.
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LET'S LEARN WEBINAR:
Symptoms & Risk Factors of Pancreatic Cancer
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The National Alliance for Hispanic Health's Nuestras Voces Network Program and Let's Win Pancreatic Cancer have teamed up for a series of hour-long Let’s Learn webinars to help us understand more about pancreatic cancer. The first webinar, Symptoms and Risk Factors of Pancreatic features oncologists Dr. Rachna T. Shroff and Dr. Fiyinfolu Balogun with Daniel Garza as the moderator. Speakers will outline the main symptoms, key risk factors, and what people can do. By understanding what symptoms to look for and who is at greater risk, healthcare professionals can also increase a patient’s chance of an earlier diagnosis, which leads to more treatment options and a better survival rate.
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Webinar: Highlighting Hispanic/Latino Community Voices Through Multi-Level Collaboration
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This webinar highlights examples of collaboration with local, state, and national networks to better serve and assist Hispanic/Latinx communities with cessation support. Participants will hear from the North American Quitline Consortium on Hispanics utilization of quitlines; from Nuestras Voces Network on collaboration and technical assistance opportunities; from National Jewish Health on their approach to serving priority populations with cessation support; from the CA Tobacco Control program on funding and partnering with community agencies serving priority populations to promote cessation; and, from the Latino Coordinating Center on opportunities for engagement with local and state organizations to implement community level initiatives and policy approaches to support cessation.
Audiences for this webinar include national networks promoting commercial tobacco prevention and cessation technical assistance, quitline service providers, state funders, and community agencies exploring partnerships to address commercial tobacco control. WEBINAR RECORDING
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Webinar: Equity at the Tobacco Point of Sale
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How can health equity inspire local policy work? What commercial tobacco prevention strategies at the point of sale can promote health equity? How can the policy process build community power? Find out at our webinar Equity at the Tobacco Point of Sale, and explore how the policy process can build community power in your jurisdiction.
Join the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Nuestras Voces Network, and ChangeLab Solutions for a one-hour conversation on embedding equity in local policy efforts at the commercial tobacco point of sale. You’ll hear firsthand experiences from staff who have worked in diverse communities in Savannah, GA; Denver, CO; and San Antonio, TX, and gain exposure to new policy strategies and resources to promote equity. |
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September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month |
Septiembre es el mes de concientización sobre los cánceres ginecológicos
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How much do you know about gynecologic cancers? Take this quick quiz to find out!
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¿Cuánto sabe acerca de los cánceres ginecológicos? ¡Complete este cuestionario para averiguarlo!
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To learn more about gynecologic cancers, CDC’s Inside Knowledge campaign raises awareness of the five main gynecologic cancers: cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar. It encourages women to pay attention to their bodies, so they can recognize any warning signs and seek medical care.
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Para aprender más sobre los cánceres ginecológicos, la campaña de los CDC Conozca su Cuerpo, aumenta la concientización sobre los cánceres ginecológicos: cáncer de cuello uterino, de ovario, de útero, de vagina y de vulva. La campaña insta a que las mujeres pongan atención a su cuerpo para que puedan identificar los síntomas de cáncer ginecológico y así busquen atención médica.
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Report on Tobacco Control for the Region of the Americas 2022/
Informe sobre el control del tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2022
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According to the Pan American Health Organization's newly released Report on Tobacco Control for the Region of the Americas 2022, an estimated 900 million people, or 96% of the population of the 35 countries of the Americas are currently protected by at least one of the six tobacco control measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), up 50% from 2007. However, progress has not been uniform. The report indicates that 26 of the Region's 35 countries have achieved the highest level of application of at least one measure; but other measures such as increased tobacco taxes have made slow progress and nine countries have not yet taken any action. To learn more, click HERE.
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Según el reciente Informe sobre el control del tabaco para la Región de las Américas 2022 de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, alrededor de 900 millones de personas, o el 96% de la población, de 35 países de las Américas están protegidas actualmente por al menos una de las seis medidas de control del tabaco recomendadas por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), un 50% más que en 2007. Sin embargo, los progresos no han sido uniformes. El reporte indica que 26 de los 35 países de la región han alcanzado el máximo nivel de aplicación de al menos una medida, pero en otras, como el aumento de los impuestos al tabaco, han avanzado con lentitud, y nueve países todavía no han adoptado ninguna medida. Para saber más haga clic AQUÍ.
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Health Equity and the Importance of Improving Tobacco-Related
Health Disparities
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A new CDC feature article highlights health equity, including the opportunity to be free from commercial tobacco. More protections are needed to prevent tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among different population groups, and to help people who use tobacco to quit for good. Everyone deserves to be as healthy as they can be, and that means living free from the harmful effects of commercial tobacco. By addressing social determinants of health, including those related to targeted marketing and barriers to healthcare, states and communities can move toward health equity and reduce health disparities.
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Treating Smoking in Cancer Patients:
An Essential Component of Cancer Care
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Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and premature death, accounting for 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States. Because continued smoking during cancer treatment adversely influences the effectiveness of therapy, as well as recovery, it is vital that clinicians—as well as patients with cancer—recognize that it is not too late to quit smoking at any stage of the cancer care continuum, and that there are clear benefits to doing so.
This new NCI Tobacco Control monograph, Treating Smoking in Cancer Patients: An Essential Component of Cancer Care, synthesizes the evidence that smoking cessation treatment increases the quit rate for patients who smoke, identifies evidence-based interventions that have the potential to enhance the delivery of smoking cessation treatment in the cancer care setting, discusses special considerations for medically underserved and vulnerable populations who smoke, and identifies important research gaps related to these topics. |
SEMINARIO VIRTUAL: Hablemos sobre el cáncer en su familia.
Aprenda sobre el cáncer hereditario de ovario y de mama
Entre un 5 al 10% de los cánceres de mama y alrededor del 20% de los cánceres de ovario son atribuidos a factores hereditarios. Estos cánceres son producto de mutaciones hereditarias. Los cánceres hereditarios a menudo afectan a varios miembros de la familia y ocurren a temprana edad.
Hay muy poca conciencia sobre el cáncer hereditario de mama y de ovario en la comunidad hispana/latina. Este seminario brindará información sobre los factores de riesgo asociados con el cáncer hereditario de mama y de ovario y una descripción general de los servicios de asesoramiento y pruebas genéticas para personas con antecedentes familiares. Se compartirá información y recursos para mejorar la evaluación, la educación y la remisión a servicios genéticos para la población hispana/latina. |
GRABACIÓN DEL SEMINARIO VIRTUAL:
FORCE: Grupos de apoyo en español para personas con cáncer hereditario (próxima reunión 27 de octubre del 2022 a las 8:00 pm)
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The Tri-Networks (Geographic Health Equity Alliance, Nuestras Voces Network, and SelfMade Health Network) hosted a series of live webinars for National Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs and Coalitions focused on opportunities to advance cancer-related strategies and improve health equity through PSE change. Over the course of three webinars, participants can learn how to operationalize PSE change, the importance of PSE change in improving health equity, the parameters for engaging in policy activities for staff at public agencies, how HPV vaccination can serve as a starting point for implementing PSE activities, and more.
The webinar recordings and slide decks can also be accessed via this link: https://bit.ly/PolicyWebSeriesDropBox
Prevent Cancer Foundation: A New Guide to Preventing Cancer
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Cancer prevention and early detection are now more important than ever. Over 1.9 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. this year, and more than 600,000 will die of these diseases. However, research suggests that up to 50% of cancer cases and about 50% of cancer deaths are preventable with the knowledge we have today. This new and improved Guide to Prevent Cancer is designed to be a source of basic information about cancer prevention and early detection, and its intended audience is the diverse American public. it is great place to start learning how to reduce your cancer risk. |
From the Heart Truth: Heart Health Education Resources
The Heart Truth has a variety of resources to start your heart health journey this summer. Summer is a wonderful time for self-care, relaxation, and active living—all of which can lead to a healthier heart. Not sure where to start?
- For daily tips: 28 Days Towards A Healthy Heart Tip Sheet
- For tips on lifestyle changes: Taking Care of Our Hearts
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Pride Month: An Equal Chance at a Smoke-free Life
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New CDC Feature Article Highlights June Pride Month and the Importance of Giving Everyone a Chance at a Smoke-free Life
Pride Month is a chance to celebrate history, health, and justice in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community. A new CDC feature article highlights Pride Month and the importance of giving everyone a chance at a smokefree life, not just during Pride month, but year-round. In this article, read about Ellie, who worked as a bartender—a job she loved—until the secondhand smoke she was exposed to caused her to have severe asthma attacks. You will also read about how aggressive marketing by tobacco companies at events like gay pride festivals contribute to high smoking prevalence among LGBTQ people. To read the full article visit: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/features/pride-month/index.html?s_cid=FB_OSH_0675 |
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Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022
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The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released the 2022 Cancer Disparities Progress Report. The publication raises awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other medically underserved populations, while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The report also provides specific recommendations for achieving health equity, which is a basic human right for all people regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, or community in which they live. To download a copy of the report and to read the stories of cancer survivors featured in the 2022 report go to: https://cancerprogressreport.aacr.org/disparities/ |
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World No Tobacco Day 2022 / Día Mundial Sin Tabaco 2022
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2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey: Key Findings Infographics
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Findings from the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) showed that youth tobacco use remains a serious public health concern and disparities persist among subgroups including Hispanic youth.
Nuestras Voces *(Our Voices) Network developed the attached infographics based on key findings and the factors that influence youth tobacco product use among U.S. middle school (grades 6–8) and high school (grades 9–12) students. To download copies of the infographics click in the file below.
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New Online Course for Providers:
Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer
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Uterine cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. Uterine cancer incidence and mortality rates have been increasing since 2007, with significant disparities persisting for decades. For example, Black women are twice as likely to die from uterine cancer than White women.
ACOG is offering a free online course Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer, which summarizes the relevant literature and existing recommendations to guide clinicians in the equitable prevention, early diagnosis, and special considerations of uterine cancer. To register for the course go to: https://www.acog.org/education-and-events/emodules/emod027?utm_source=social&utm_medium=partnertoolkit&utm_campaign=ACOG_Uterine_2022 For more information, contact Julia O’Hara at johara@acog.org |
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Webinar: Revolutionizing the Future of Breast Cancer Screening
to Improve Women’s Health
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Join the WISDOM Study Program, in partnership with the Region 9 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Network Program, on a webinar to learn about what the WISDOM Study Program is doing to improve breast health equity, through a novel approach to personalized risk-based screening and how this approach may benefit communities disproportionately impacted by the most aggressive cancers. The webinar will also address how the WISDOM Study can be a partner to organizations working to increase breast cancer screening rates impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May is Melanoma & Skin Cancer Awareness Month
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To learn more about skin cancer, the risks, symptoms, prevention, and treatments visit https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/index.htm
New Bilingual Smoking Cessation Education Posters
The FDA Center for Tobacco Products has made available free smoking cessation education posters in both English and Spanish, to support efforts to reduce the enormous public health burden of commercial tobacco use. Cigarettes are responsible for the vast majority of tobacco-related disease and death in United States. These posters tailored to different audiences, include messaging based on research that shows it often takes smokers multiple quit attempts to achieve long-term cessation. FDA uses positive, motivational messaging to underscore the health benefits quitting and encourage smokers to keep trying until they quit cigarettes for good.
These posters are available on the FDA Tobacco Education Resource Library and partners can order, print, or download them to use as part of cessation promotion efforts. Additionally, interested stakeholders can request to co-brand the posters by adding their organization’s logo.
These posters are available on the FDA Tobacco Education Resource Library and partners can order, print, or download them to use as part of cessation promotion efforts. Additionally, interested stakeholders can request to co-brand the posters by adding their organization’s logo.
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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
If you are 45 or older, get screened for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer screening saves lives.
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CDC’s Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign developed a series of materials and a digital toolkit of resources, to help spread awareness and inform the men and women in your community who are 45 years old or older, about the importance of getting screened for colorectal cancer regularly. Some materials area available in both English and Spanish and can be accessed at:
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CDC Launches the 2022 Tips From Former Smokers (Tips ) Campaign Featuring Bilingual Text Messaging Services
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The Tips From Former Smokers (Tips ) campaign is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The campaign has featured more than 40 brave individuals, from a variety of backgrounds, who live with serious long term health effects due to smoking cigarettes or secondhand smoke exposure. The campaign also features stories of family members impacted by their loved one’s smoking-related illness. The message they send is powerful: Now is the time to quit smoking, and free help
is available. Access Tips campaign information and resources at:
The Tips campaign will now also be promoting text messaging services, available in English and Spanish, designed to connect adults with text-message based support to help them quit smoking. The National Texting Portal, developed in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), connects adults to state resources or routes them to NCI’s SmokefreeTXT if state text messaging services are not available. Access the National Texting Portal at: |
Made a New Year Resolution to Quit Smoking?
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Happy 2022! With the New Year comes the opportunity to become smoke-free! Quitting smoking improves your health and reduces your risk of heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and other smoking-related illnesses. This bilingual infographic provides useful tips and resources to support you in your quitting journey. For more information to help you quit visit: https://www.cdc.gov/tips (English) & https://www.cdc.gov/consejos (Spanish).
Brought to you by Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Network in collaboration with APPEAL (Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, and Leadership). To download copies of the infographics click below.
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National Alliance for Hispanic Health: Research Spotlight
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E-cigarette Use among Hispanics: Reducing Risk or Recruiting New Tobacco Users?
This article summarizes the research on the use of e-cigarettes among Hispanics. It describes the prevalence and patterns of e-cigarette use among Hispanic adolescents and adults compared with non-Hispanic whites. Findings indicate that e-cigarette use is rare among Hispanic adults, but Hispanic adolescents are at risk of experimenting with e-cigarettes at early ages, potentially leading to early nicotine addiction and exacerbating tobacco-related disparities in the future. Health education and policy interventions are needed to prevent e-cigarette use among Hispanic adolescents, while acknowledging that some Hispanic adult cigarette smokers may benefit from switching to e-cigarettes. To access the article go to: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460321003348 |
HPV and Pap Testing Among White, Black and Hispanic Women: Results from a Survey Study
While the Pap test, HPV vaccine, and HPV test are important tools to promote cervical health, the American Cancer Society (ACS) recently updated its cervical cancer prevention recommendations to give primacy to HPV testing for cervical cancer screening. This article presents the results from a novel two-survey study of women’s health providers and White, Black, and Hispanic women. It found that a minority of providers report that the HPV test alone is adequate for cervical cancer screening indicating that women should regularly have both Pap and HPV screenings. The continued lower rates of Pap tests among Black and Hispanic women, combined with low rates of HPV testing is likely to hinder the ability to reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality, particularly for Hispanic and Black women. The article is available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44155-021-00003-9 |
Nuestras Voces Network & Buena Salud Club
Cancer Screening Bilingual InfoCard
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Nuestras Voces Network released a bilingual print and digital InfoCard to remind everyone that is time to get back to screening for cancer prevention. The bilingual InfoCard has been mailed to the 20,000+ members of the Alliance's Buena Salud Club. The InfoCard provides information about getting screened for breast, cervical, colorectal (colon) cancers. The InfoCard also provides the Alliance's helpline number for consumers to call for more information, as well as the link to CDC's bilingual website for cancer screening and early detection. To request printed copies of the InfoCard send an email to nuestrasvoces@healthyamericas.org
To download the digital version of the bilingual InfoCard click on the files below:
To download the digital version of the bilingual InfoCard click on the files below:
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Spanish Language Education Resources on Commercial Tobacco Control/
Recursos educativos en español sobre el control del tabaquismo comercial
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Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Network partnered with the New Mexico Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program, and the New Mexico Association of Community Health Workers/Nuestra Salud, to develop Prevención y control del tabaquismo as a resource to help community health workers/promotores de salud address commercial tobacco control and promote awareness about the harmful effects of using tobacco products among Hispanics. Community health workers/promotores de salud are trusted members of the community and play a significant role in meeting the health needs of underserved communities, including tobacco-related disparities. Equipped with the right tools and information, they are effective health advocates for their communities and help advance health equity. This resource was developed as a PowerPoint tool that can be adapted and updated to meet the educational needs across different audiences. A series of Infographics are also included for printing and distribution. Two additional supporting tools were also developed in Spanish addressing nicotine dependence and family intervention support. These resources are available for use in local community settings as well as virtually and are available at: https://bit.ly/MaterialesCHW For more information send a message to nuestrasvoces@healthyamericas.org
El Programa Red Nuestras Voces de la Alianza Nacional para la Salud Hispana se asoció con el Programa de Control y Prevención del Uso de Tabaco de Nuevo México, y la Asociación de Trabajadores de la Salud Comunitaria de Nuevo México / Nuestra Salud, para desarrollar Prevención y control del tabaquismo como un recurso para ayudar a los educadores y promotores de salud comunitarios a abordar el tema sobre el control del consumo de tabaco comercial, y promover la concientización sobre los efectos nocivos de su uso. Los promotores de salud tienen la confianza de los miembros de sus comunidades, y desempeñan un papel importante para afrontar las necesidades de salud de las comunidades desatendidas, incluyendo las disparidades relacionadas con el consumo de tabaco comercial. Equipados con las herramientas y la información adecuadas, los promotores son defensores valiosos de la salud de sus comunidades y ayudan a fomentar la equidad en la salud. Este material se desarrolló como una herramienta de PowerPoint que se puede adaptar y actualizar para satisfacer las necesidades educativas de diferentes públicos. También incluye una serie de infografías para imprimir y distribuir. Además, se desarrollaron dos herramientas de apoyo adicionales en español, que abordan la dependencia de la nicotina y el apoyo de la intervención familiar. Estas herramientas están disponibles para su uso en entornos comunitarios locales, así como virtualmente y se pueden acceder en: https://bit.ly/MaterialesCHW Para más información envíe un mensaje a nuestrasvoces@healthyamericas.org
El Programa Red Nuestras Voces de la Alianza Nacional para la Salud Hispana se asoció con el Programa de Control y Prevención del Uso de Tabaco de Nuevo México, y la Asociación de Trabajadores de la Salud Comunitaria de Nuevo México / Nuestra Salud, para desarrollar Prevención y control del tabaquismo como un recurso para ayudar a los educadores y promotores de salud comunitarios a abordar el tema sobre el control del consumo de tabaco comercial, y promover la concientización sobre los efectos nocivos de su uso. Los promotores de salud tienen la confianza de los miembros de sus comunidades, y desempeñan un papel importante para afrontar las necesidades de salud de las comunidades desatendidas, incluyendo las disparidades relacionadas con el consumo de tabaco comercial. Equipados con las herramientas y la información adecuadas, los promotores son defensores valiosos de la salud de sus comunidades y ayudan a fomentar la equidad en la salud. Este material se desarrolló como una herramienta de PowerPoint que se puede adaptar y actualizar para satisfacer las necesidades educativas de diferentes públicos. También incluye una serie de infografías para imprimir y distribuir. Además, se desarrollaron dos herramientas de apoyo adicionales en español, que abordan la dependencia de la nicotina y el apoyo de la intervención familiar. Estas herramientas están disponibles para su uso en entornos comunitarios locales, así como virtualmente y se pueden acceder en: https://bit.ly/MaterialesCHW Para más información envíe un mensaje a nuestrasvoces@healthyamericas.org
Using Inside Knowledge Campaign Materials to Improve
Gynecologic Cancer Knowledge in Underserved Women
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Mary Puckett, PhD, Julie Townsend, MS, Jenny Rees Patterson, MPH, Donna Shaw, BS, Yvonee Wasilewski, PhD, MPH, and Sherri L. Stewart, PhD
Abstract: Purpose: About 30,000 U.S. women die each year from gynecologic cancer, which disproportionately affects underserved and minority populations. This project aimed at increasing and assessing awareness of risk, symptoms, and recommended screenings and prevention activities in underserved women, through unique collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Inside Knowledge (IK) campaign, which was designed to educate women about gynecologic cancer, and the CDC’s national network of organizations to reduce cancer-related disparities. Methods: CDC’s national network and the IK campaign partnered to deliver tailored educational sessions about gynecologic cancer to three populations of women served by the participant organizations. Participant organizations included the National Behavioral Health Network (NBHN), Nuestras Voces (NV), and SelfMade. Pre and post-session questionnaires were administered to assess knowledge changes. Results: Knowledge changes for risk factors, screening, and HPV vaccination varied by network organization, but all sessions increased correct identification of some symptoms. Baseline knowledge also varied among organization participants. Conclusions: Sessions were effective in increasing awareness of gynecologic cancer among underserved women; however, organizational information uptake differed. Additional resources containing specific interventions appropriate to particular underserved populations may be beneficial in increasing healthy behaviors, leading to a reduction in gynecologic cancer disparities. |
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