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Health Awareness

January Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Healthy Weight Week (Jan. 17-23, 2010)
February Clinical Trials Awareness Month
March Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Nutrition Awareness Month, Cover the Uninsured Week (March 14-20, 2010)
April Cancer Control Awareness Month, Minority Cancer Awareness Week (April 12-18, 2010), Kick butts day (April 2, 2010), World Health Day (April 7, 2010)
May Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, Women’s Health Week (May 9-15, 2010; Mother’s Day-May 9, 2010), Melanoma Monday (May 5, 2010), World No Tobacco Day (May 31, 2009)
June Men’s Health Week (June 14-20, 2010; Father’s Day-June 20, 2010), National Cancer Survivors Day (June 6, 2010)
July UV Safety Awareness Month
September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Childhood Cancer Month, Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Health Literacy Awareness Month, Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, Fruit and Veggies – More Matters Month, Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (Sept. 19-25, 2010)
October National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Mammography Day (Oct. 22, 2010), Healthy Lung Month
November Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November 18, 2010 Great American Smokeout), National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, National Healthy Skin Month
   

Health Education Resources Available

Please note that all health education resources are only available to members of the Indiana Cancer Consortium.

LIVESTRONG Survivorship Notebook: The Notebook features printed versions of the information, worksheets and stories online in a portable three-ring binder, including information about aftereffects of cancer treatment, living with uncertainty, communicating with the health care team, stories of cancer survivors talking about their experiences with cancer, 3 survivorship tools, and sections for to add personal records, notes and information from health care providers.
 
 
 		 American Cancer Society Quick Facts on lung cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer. Each book is a comprehensive and a quick read, with highlighted cover tabs for quick reference of specific topics.Quick Facts include

  • Concise coverage of diagnosis, treatment options, potential side effects, and coping issues for those with cancer and their loved ones.
  • Questions to ask your health care team
  • What’s new in cancer research and treatment
  • A dictionary, a list of useful web sites and books, and an index
  • Handy tabs on front cover get you to your topic quickly.

 
  Say You Care: Start the Conversation Packets. The packets are recommended for newly diagnosed patients, beginner caregivers, and families in the beginning states of end-of-life care planning. Each packet contains information about hospice, palliative care, advance directives, talking with your doctor about pain, and being a caregiver.