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Beginning September 1, 2010, TCI will be funded by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a grant from The University Cancer Foundation. TCI, formerly known as the Texas Cancer Data Center (TCDC), was established in 1986 through funding from the Texas Cancer Council (TCC), now the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
TCI educational posters are ready for their close-up! Though the posters were not shown close up, they ddid make their television debut in an episode of the USA Network original series Burn Notice. The episode, which first aired on July 1st, is titled Neighborhood Watch. The TCI posters appeared in scenes that took place in a neighborhood clinic.
How did the TCI posters get their big break? The Art Department Coordinator for the show was looking for medical/healthy living posters for the clinic scenes when she "discovered" the TCI educational posters on the website and saw their star potential. The posters received glowing reviews and may be used in a future episode, as well.
Twice yearly TCI collaborates with the Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) and the Texas Medical Association (TMA) to produce English/Spanish educational posters with the dual purpose of educating health professionals and the public. TCI’s educational posters are distributed to Texas physicians as inserts in the Texas Medical Association’s publication, Texas Medicine. TCI also responds to requests from physicians, other health care professionals and community groups for TCI brochures and educational posters for distribution to the general public through their offices or community health fairs. You can find links to PDFs of TCI posters and other educational materials and how to request copies at http://www.texascancer.info/poster
Texas Cancer Information is now on Twitter! Follow us at www.twitter.com/TexasCancer and keep up with what's new on the Texas Cancer Information Web site, what new educational posters are available, and what resource surveys are underway.
We’re pleased to announce that Texas Cancer Information (TCI) earned national recognition with a Best Site Design award at a November 11 awards conference in Orlando, receiving third place honors in the Consumer Disease-Focused Site classification.
Criteria for Best Site Design category included:
Access to Care - All 254 Counties Complete, Plus 72 Counties Now Also Available in Spanish!
Texas Cancer Information’s Access to Cancer Care for Low-Income and Uninsured Texans is your guide to cancer screening and treatment services for low-income and uninsured Texans.
TCI has completed the Access to Care resource for all 254 Texas counties. We’re now working on translating these resources into Spanish, starting with counties with the highest Spanish-speaking populations. The following 72 counties are now available in Spanish:
Health Insurance Coverage in Texas Counties
To help Texans better understand issues surrounding access to health care services, Texas Cancer Information is now providing easy access to estimates for the number of insured and uninsured in Texas and in each Texas county.
The health insurance estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, that were revised August 3, 2009. The U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program develop model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for counties and states, building upon the work of the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program. The program is partially funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).
Poverty and Median Income Estimates for Texas Counties
To help Texans better understand issues surrounding access to health care services, Texas Cancer Information is now providing easy access to United States, Texas, and Texas county-level poverty and median income estimates.
The poverty and median income estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Estimates Branch, release date December 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program produces annual estimates of income and poverty statistics for all states, counties, and school districts. The main objective of the SAIPE program is to provide estimates of income and poverty for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.
Community Events
Texas Cancer Information is now providing a Community Events page where community cancer coalitions can post information about upcoming meetings and events. The Community Events page, at http://www.texascancer.info/communityevents.html, 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 on the Community Events page, please e-mail Texas Cancer Information at info@texascancer.info.
Monthly Focus
Each month, Texas Cancer Information will focus on a different cancer topic on the site home page and repeat the information here on the What's New? page. The Monthly Focus includes links to Texas Cancer Information databases and documents that provide information related to the current topic. It also includes links to external Web sites that contain useful information about the topic. You can find more related links in the Texas Cancer Information Links by Topic database.
Monthly Focus for September 2010: Prostate Cancer
Check out these texascancer.info pages for information related to prostate cancer:
- Survivorship
- texascancersurvivor.info Survivorship Portal
Visit these other Web sites for additional information about prostate cancer:
