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The Impact of Cancer in Indiana [INFOGRAPH]

April 27, 2012 By Caleb Leave a Comment

April is National Cancer Control Awareness Month. Cancer control month highlights advances in fighting cancer like prevention, early detection, and treatment of cancer.

This month, the Indiana Cancer Consortium hosted our 2012 Annual Meeting on April 27 at Joseph E. Walther Hall at IUPUI. During the event, we unveiled the Indiana Cancer Facts and Figures 2012 and our second infograph entitled “The Impact of Cancer in Indiana.”

Please share the below infograph, which uses the most up-to-date cancer information available, with colleagues and friends.

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The Impact of Cancer in Indiana

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Safe Routes to School in Indiana

April 5, 2012 By Caleb Leave a Comment

Longtime ICC member Health by Design recently rebranded the Safe Routes to School Workgroup as the Indiana Safe Routes to School Partnership. Check out the Partnership’s new logo!

The Indiana Safe Routes to School Partnership is hosting many initiatives during April and May to increase the number of Hoosier Children safely walking and biking to school. The ICC supports these events and encourages our membership to attend to learn more about Safe Routes to School policy and advocacy.

Through the Indiana Cancer Control Plan 2010-2014, the ICC works to increase policies that promote physical activity for students, and we specifically advocate for Safe Routes to School programs including both infrastructure projects and educational activities that facilitate safe walking and biking to school.

Safe Routes to School programs also directly relate to the ICC Policy Agenda. The ICC advocates for Complete Streets policies at the state and local level, which ensure that transportation planners and engineers consistently design and operate the entire roadway with all users in mind. When “streets are complete,” alternative modes of transportation (walking, biking, etc.) are more attractive; physical activity is promoted; safety is improved for all users, and in the case of safe routes to school, safety is improved for children; and the unintended chronic disease effects of a less active lifestyle is minimized.

To learn more about the Indiana Safe Routes to School Partnership and their upcoming events, please visit the Health By Design. To learn more about how the ICC is involved, join the ICC Advocacy Committee.

 

Filed Under: Advocacy, Cancer Control, Educational Opportunities

HB 1149 and The Facts About Secondhand Smoke [INFOGRAPH]

March 13, 2012 By Caleb Leave a Comment

On March 9, the Indiana General Assembly approved Indiana’s first statewide smoke-free air bill. While the ICC applauds the General Assembly and statewide press for giving House Bill 1149 the attention and publicity that it deserved, we cannot be satisfied with the final result. HB 1149 falls short in protecting Hoosier workers that are most vulnerable to secondhand smoke. The bill, which Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is expected to sign in the coming days, will stand as one of the weaker smoke-free air laws in the nation.

Today, the Indiana Cancer Consortium thanks all of our members for the time and effort dedicated to the strengthening and passing of HB 1149, but more importantly, we ask that our coalition quickly shifts focus to the local level. Therefore, as an aid in local conversations, the ICC proudly presents “The Facts About Secondhand Smoke” infograph. Spread the word via blogs, Facebook, and Twitter and help the ICC get secondhand smoke out of business!

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Facts About Secondhand Smoke in Indiana

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Funding Opportunity: Cancer Control in Public Health District 6

February 6, 2012 By Caleb Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce a Request for Applications for community grantees in District 6. Below, please find links to the RFP Brief along with two supporting documents, including an outline of contract deliverables and a work plan form. The RFP Brief contains detailed application instructions, a timeline, and a list of suggested readings. Please feel free to share these documents with organizations in District 6 that may be interested in pursuing this funding opportunity. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 16th.

As a note, Indiana Public Health District 6 includes the following counties: Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Henry, Howard, Jay, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Tipton, Union, and Wayne.

Also, please mark your calendars for the next District 6 Cancer Control Coalition meeting. It will be held on Thursday, March 1st from 10am-12pm, at the IU Ball Memorial Hospital Cancer Center. Please note that while there is a technical assistance contact phone number and email provided on the RFA, this meeting will be the only opportunity to receive in-person technical assistance on the RFA.

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Blog, Plan Development
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