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Texas Cancer Information is providing this space for community cancer coalitions to post information about upcoming meetings and events. The Community Events page will also provide information on cancer prevention, screening and educational events that may be of interest to coalition members and their communities.
To have your meeting or event posted here, please e-mail Texas Cancer Information at info@texascancer.info.
Texas Cancer Information is providing this space for community cancer coalitions to post information about upcoming meetings and events. To have your meeting or event posted here, please e-mail Texas Cancer Information at info@texascancer.info.
Topic: Role of Diet and Complementary Medicine in Cancer
Speakers:Beverly Gor, EdD, RD, LID, CDEDate: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Neeta Pahwa, MS, RD, LD, CNSD
Bharat Aggarwal, Ph.D.
P. G. Parameswaran, M.D.
Time: 3 - 5 PM
Place:India House
8888 West Belfort
Houston, TX 77031
Amarillo Area Breast Health Coalition meets monthly the 4th Tuesday at noon in the AABHC office conference room at 301 S. Polk St., Suite 740, Amarillo TX. Interested in learning more about AABHC and it’s programs? You are encouraged to attend! Contact Sharon Felts for more information at 806-331-4710 or sharon.felts@aabhc.org or visit our website at www.aabhc.org.
Upcoming AABHC Events:
- October 5 - 6:00pm: Bra Talk Educational Outreach Program at the O’Loughlin Center in Spearman, TX.
WISE (Women Inspiring Serving and Educating) Woman Program
Amarillo, TX
The WISE Woman program is the collaborative effort of the Amarillo Area Breast Health Coalition and its project partners, Susan G. Komen Foundation and the American Housing Foundation. Additional community organizations also provide support and services for this endeavor.
The WISE Woman program addresses breast health awareness and the prevention of breast cancer within Amarillo, Texas. The pilot dates are from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010 and the targeted group is women residing in 5 American Housing Foundation urban communities, friends and family members and will be evaluated for future expansion into additional urban residential communities within the Amarillo area. One of the goals of the WISE Woman program is to provide quality breast health education and services to women residing in low to middle income residential communities in urban areas. Each of the residential communities selected for the pilot program will have an on-site WISE Woman who is also a resident of the community and who has received additional breast health education and training regarding access to resources not previously available to the community prior to this program. For volunteering 20 hours a month, AHF provides rent-free housing to each WISE Woman. Komen and AABHC provide educational materials, WISE Woman training, presenters and curriculum for community events and access to mammogram services to residents, friends and family members.
The community Wise Woman will be the point person and advocate for breast health awareness and the prevention and early detection of breast cancer. She will be responsible for:
- Making one on one contacts with the women residing in the community
- Planning, preparing and delivering informative, educational sessions on breast health basics, the prevention of breast cancer and community resources available to women
- Arranging mammogram events that are designed to address the barriers that keep underserved and underinsured women from receiving annual mammograms after the age of 40, such as lack of money, insurance, transportation, child care and government red tape.
Texas Cancer Information is providing this space for organizations or groups to post training opportunities for community cancer coalitions or their members. To have your training event posted here, please e-mail Texas Cancer Information at info@texascancer.info.
Skill-Building Workshop
April 22-23, 2010
Houston, Texas
This skill-building workshop will enhance the capacity of participants to implement cancer prevention and control programs in Texas communities statewide. The program was developed to help Texans work together toward the goals of
- tobacco use prevention and cessation,
- improving nutrition and increasing physical activity to reduce the incidence of obesity, and
- increasing the use of screening and early detection services.
All participants will obtain the tools necessary for
- developing a plan,
- using cancer statistics,
- planning meetings,
- media and outreach,
- finding resources,
- working with priority populations,
- locating funding,
- influencing public policy, and
- evaluating efforts.
Please download the conference brochure for more information, including the registration form, hotel information and the conference agenda.
Texas Cancer Information is providing this space for information on cancer prevention, screening and educational events that may be of interest to coalition members and their communities.
To have your event posted here, please e-mail Texas Cancer Information at info@texascancer.info.
The Texas Cancer Information Community Cancer Coalitions Database provides information regarding local, regional and county-level cancer coalitions throughout Texas. Those who are interested in joining the fight against cancer now have the opportunity to see if there is a local coalition in their area. Coalitions can also find helfpul information from the Texas Cancer Control Toolkit and other sources on the Community Cancer Coalitions page.
