Educational Materials

Updated May 2024

• Toolkits

  
  
  • Skin Cancer Prevention Toolkit For Institutions of Higher Education
    
    
  • Tobacco-Free Policy Toolkit for Institutions of Higher Education
    
    
    

• MD Anderson Print Materials

  
  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center develops print materials on cancer prevention, screening and risk-reduction topics. To request materials for your organization, complete the online Community Services Request Form or call 713-792-3363. Note: Print material requests usually require two weeks notice. Available materials are listed below by topic. Quantities are limited to 50 per title.
  
  Downloadable PDFs are available on the following topics at https://www.mdanderson.org/about-md-anderson/community-services/print-materials.html:
  
  
  • Cancer prevention
  • Diet and exercise
  • HPV
  • MD Anderson
  • Screening exams
  • Skin safety
  • Tobacco and lung cancer
    
    
    

• MD Anderson Clinical Practice Algorithms

  
  Disclaimer: These algorithms have been developed for MD Anderson using a multidisciplinary approach considering circumstances particular to MD Anderson's specific patient population, services and structure, and clinical information. These algorithms are not intended to replace the independent medical or professional judgment of physicians or other health care providers in the context of individual clinical circumstances to determine a patient's care.
  
  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's extensive listing of clinical practice algorithms depicts multidisciplinary best practices for care delivery to assist in cancer screening, diagnostic evaluation, treatment, management of clinical symptoms and transition to survivor care.
  
  Downloadable PDFs are available for the following areas at https://www.mdanderson.org/for-physicians/clinical-tools-resources/clinical-practice-algorithms.html:
  
  
  • Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction Algorithms
    
    
  • Cancer Treatment Algorithms
    
    
  • Clinical Management Algorithms
    
    
  • Survivorship Algorithms

Toolkits

• Skin Cancer Prevention Toolkit For Institutions of Higher Education

  
  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Melanoma Moon Shot Program and Cancer Prevention and Control Platform seek to develop and implement community-based efforts related to the prevention and early detection of skin cancer, specifically melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. These two teams collaborated to develop the Skin Cancer Prevention Toolkit For Institutions of Higher Education. The toolkit is designed to assist college and university leaders in adopting, implementing and enforcing skin cancer prevention campus policies and practices.
  
  The tools and materials provided in this toolkit support and explain the benefits and rationale for a 100% Indoor Tanning-Free Campus Policy, a Sun Protection Campus Policy, and skin cancer prevention education and health services activities. This toolkit also provides resources and tips on drafting, enforcing, communicating and evaluating policy.
  
  To view/download the toolkit, click on one of the following links.
  
  
  • Skin Cancer Prevention Toolkit For Institutions of Higher Education (reduced file size PDF, 1.8 MB)
    
    
    
  • Skin Cancer Prevention Toolkit For Institutions of Higher Education (high resolution PDF, 8.3 MB)

• Tobacco-Free Policy Toolkit for Institutions of Higher Education

  
  On behalf of the City of Houston/Harris County Community Transformation Initiative, the Comprehensive Cancer Control Tobacco Work Group at MD Anderson Cancer Center created a Houston/Harris County Tobacco Task Force (Task Force) to serve as a place for collaboration, resource development, and technical assistance to address tobacco use among college campus populations. The Houston Department of Health & Human Services received a planning award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to build capacity to support healthy lifestyles in Harris County. The award targets tobacco-free living, active living and healthy eating, quality clinical and other preventive services, and social and emotional wellness.
  
  The work group was charged with lending their expertise to the development of a Tobacco Task Force Toolkit. The purpose of the Toolkit is to provide a coordinated strategic framework for institutions of higher education in Houston/Harris County to develop and or strengthen their current campus tobacco policy.

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