Resources

Chronic Disease Prevention Toolkit

NACCHO's Chronic Disease Prevention Project has collaborated with national organizations and the CDC''s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in an effort to connect local and state public health practitioners with publications, tools, and other resources related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion.

NACCHO welcomes any tools or resources you would like to share with local health departments. To submit a tool to the Chronic Disease Prevention Toolkit, please contact Camillia Easley.

In the Spotlight

Free Data and Reporting Resources

CHNA.org has added a new resource to its web-based platform to assist local health departments and other organizations to better understand the needs and assets of their communities. Watch the introductory video.

NACCHO Resources

»	NACCHO Webinar on Local Cancer Control
	On Thursday May 26, NACCHO hosted a webinar on local implementation of comprehensive cancer control. The webinar provided a brief overview of different approaches related to cancer control at the local level and included two case studies of successful strategies implemented by local health departments. The webinar provided local health department staff with practical steps they can take to develop partnerships and coalitions to reduce the impact of cancer in their communities. More »

Tools and Resources

»	Interactive Preventive Care Record: A Handbook for Using Patient-Centered Personal Health Records to Promote Prevention
	A new handbook from AHRQ offers practical guidance on the implementation of interactive preventive health records (IPHRs). Based on the lessons learned from implementation using EHRs from three different vendors at 14 different practices. The handbook provides practical steps for healthcare professionals to follow when integrating IPHRs as components of electronic health records. More »

»	Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.
	Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. provides links to comprehensive cancer control resources for public health professionals. Some of the links include State Cancer Profiles a tool for finding cancer related statistics down to the county level, access to cancer related interventions, and access to information about state level comprehensive cancer control activities. More »

»	Behavioral and Social Science Volunteer (BSSV) Program
	The Behavioral and Social Science Volunteer (BSSV) Program, funded by CDC, and directed by the American Psychological Associationis a national initiative that links professional scientists with cancer-serving community-based organizations at no cost to address social, economic and environmental barriers underlying U.S. cancer disparities. The goals of the BSSV program are to increase the capacity of community-based organizations to implement evidence-based strategies to address cancer disparities in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. More »

»	NCI Research to Reality (R2R)
	Hosted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Research to Reality (R2R) is an online community linking cancer control practitioners and researchers. Part of the ongoing work of Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T., R2R'S interactive website provides insight into emerging issues and hot topics with a range of features including monthly cyber-seminars, discussion forums, and community profiles. More »

»	Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partners (CCCNP)
	Comprehensive cancer control (CCC) is a systematic approach for maximizing resources across the continuum of cancer control from prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship. The CCC National Partnership supports CCC coalitions as they develop and sustain implementation of CCC plans at the state, tribe, territory, U.S. Pacific Island Jurisdictions and local levels. More »

Research and Data

»	Models for Local Implementation of Comprehensive Cancer Control
	Cancer Causes and Control released the “Special Issue: Comprehensive Cancer Control in US,” which includes the article “Models for Local Implementation of Comprehensive Cancer Control: Meeting Local Cancer Control Needs Through Community Collaboration.” It provides characteristics of cancer coalitions and uses case studies to highlight two different models of approaching local implementation of cancer control. This is a great resource for local health departments interested in implementing cancer control activities in their local communities. More »

»	CDC's Vital Signs
	This edition of Vital Signs provides information about the impact of colorectal cancer in the United States. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths and costs more than $14 billion annually. Colorectal cancer mortality is starting to decrease especially in part due to increased screening efforts. More »

»	IOM Releases New Report - Informatics Needs and Challenges in Cancer Research - Workshop Summary
	As information technology becomes an integral part of health care, it is important to collect and analyze data in a way that makes the information understandable and useful. Informatics tools – which help collect, organize, and analyze data – are essential to biomedical and health research and development. The field of cancer research is facing an overwhelming deluge of data, heightening the national urgency to find solutions to support and sustain the cancer informatics ecosystem. There is a particular need to integrate research and clinical data to facilitate personalized medicine approaches to cancer prevention and treatment – for example, tailoring treatment based on an individual patient’s genetic makeup as well as that of the tumor – and to allow for more rapid learning from patient experiences. More »

»	Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Disparities Funding Opportunities
»	NACCHO Partners with NCI’s Research to Reality (R2R) to Host Cyber Seminar

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Disparities Funding Opportunities

Komen for the Cure's National Vulnerable Populations Grant is requesting applications from organizations seeking to funding to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of processes to reduce breast cancer disparities among vulnerable populations. Funding up to $250,000 over a two-year period is available. Learn more here.

NACCHO Partners with NCI’s Research to Reality (R2R) to Host Cyber Seminar

Research to Reality (R2R) has released the archived version of the cyber-seminar "Bridging Local and State Cancer Control Efforts through Evidence." The June 12 webinar featured examples of successful comprehensive cancer control coalitions using evidence-based public health practice to implement state cancer plans in local jurisdictions. The seminar explored both state and local health department perspectives.