Primary Prevention Action Team

ICC Goal: Decrease cancer risk through lifestyle behavioral interventions

Primary Prevention includes those steps taken by individuals, organizations, or communities to prevent the development of disease. Adopting specific lifestyle behaviors can lower cancer risk. The healthy lifestyle behaviors most effective in preventing cancer include avoiding tobacco products and secondhand smoke, minimizing alcohol intake, following a balanced diet, exercising regularly, and protecting against ultraviolet exposure. Other behaviors linked to cancer prevention include breastfeeding and practicing healthy sexual behavior. Raising awareness about the impact people can have on their health status through adopting healthy lifestyles is a step toward cancer prevention.

Primary Prevention Action Team contacts:

Chair:  Tisha Reid, Indiana University School of Medicine

ICC Staff Contact: Deirdre George Davis

What’s new:

The primary prevention action team is focused on partnerning with organizations to encourage children and youth to engage in 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily.

NOTE: All objectives and strategies can be found in the specified section of the Indiana Cancer Control Plan.