Camden County Cancer Coalition

Free Conference for Cancer Survivors & Primary Care Providers
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
5:30 to 8:30 pm
The Westin, Mount Laurel, NJ

CME credits = 2.5
Learning Objectives:
1.  Describe the changing face of cancer survivorship.
2.  Increase primary care providers’ understanding of the medical management of cancer survivors.
3.  Address psychosocial impact of cancer survivorship on patient and family.
4.  Review ongoing resarch in the area of cancer survivorship.

TELL Your Friends and Colleagues!
Cooper Hospital CME Dept.  (856)382-6480
dipersio-terry@cooperhealth.edu

Camden County Cancer Coalition is helping to sponsor this Conference on November 5, 2008.
By going to the link below you will be able to see the brochure for the event. 

New Jersey Cancer Survivorship Conference

(note: it takes some time to download!)

In Camden City New Jersey

Camden City organizer is Sean Brown
Sean M. Brown
C. 856-236-2705
m. http://www.myspace.com/smb723
b. http:f/camdenfreepress.blogspot.com

City of Camdn Mayor Gwendolyn Faison
and the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Aging
Presents A

Minority Month Health Fair

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

City Hall Plaza 520 Market Street Camden NJ
10AM to 2PM

Agencies/organizations can registerby contacting 856-757-7339/7228

This is Ann Biondi Director for Personal Health Services, Camden County DHHS and Dr. Jean Mouch coordinator of the Camden County Cancer Coalition.

The Partners of the Camden City Cancer Initiative at the ACS Celebration of Hope on August 2nd where Dr. Jean Mouch was honored as a Cancer Survivor and Cancer Advocate

April 23, 2008 Breakfast Meeting - 8:30am to 10:30 am Planned parenthood of SNJ, 317 Broadway, Camden, NJ

July 16, 2008 Lunch Meeting - 11:30am to 1:30pm Camden County DHHS - DiPiero Center, Blackwood NJ

October 29, 2008 Breakfast Meetin - 8:30 to 10:30am Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, 1600 Haddon Ave, Camden, NJ

The American Cancer Society, Eastern Division, is currently seeking ‘Access Stories’

In 1990, the ACS national Board of Directors set forth goals to reduce cancer incidence by 25% and cancer mortality by 50% by the year 2015. We now recognize that we will not meet those goals unless everyone with the potential for a cancer diagnosis has access to preventative services and appropriate screening. In addition, every person with a cancer diagnosis must have access to appropriate treatments.

Personal stories have the potential to demonstrate the gravity of a the current healthcare crisis. ACS is seeking the stories of individuals, diagnosed with cancer, who lack access to health car or who face financial devastation because of their status as uninsured of underinsured. This includes individuals who have insurance, but have found it insufficient to meet their medical needs

All stories collected in this project will be used in future efforts as we advocate for access to quality healthcare.

as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society, you can help to identify individuals whose stories may be compelling examples of the weaknesses in our current health system.

If you know of an individual with story, please contact:

Jess Werder
Ph: 518-454-4053
Fx: 518-482-4058
access-stories@cancer.org

Visit http://www.cancer.org/access to learn more about the American Cancer Society’s campaign for Universal Access

The Camden County Cancer Coalition is the county’s leadership group and network for helping to implement the first ever, 2002 New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (http://www.state.nj.us/health/ccp/ccc_plan.htm).  The coalition has grown naturally out of the work of the Cancer Education and Early Detection (CEED – http://www.state.nj.us/health) Advisory Committee which began in 1997.  The coalition has built on that committed membership from over 30 regular participants, and desires to recruit members from all of the leading circles of influence for cancer care and cancer prevention.

Meetings
The Camden County Cancer Coalition meets on a quarterly schedule during the year.  We rotate venue between Barry D. Brown Health Education Center at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, to Cooper Hospital in Camden City,

Our Mission

The Mission of the Camden County Cancer Coalition is to effectively and efficiently support cancer prevention, education, early detection, and advocacy for all residents in the county to help reduce the cancer burden.

Camden County Cancer Coalition Plan for 2006
Goal #1
Serve as a forum to bring together information sharing and project/program collaboration on cancer care efforts of both public and private agencies and health providers.2004 Camden County Cancer Capacity and Needs Assessment

Objectives include building a web site for information sharing and project/service coordination; having a part-time coordinator role; forming 4 workgroups.

Workgroup on Eliminating Health Disparities / CEED for Uninsured and Underinsured persons, for minority groups and for those living in poverty

Workgroup on Camden City Urban Cancer Initiative together with the American Cancer Society

Workgroup on Tri-County area of Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties’ Cancer Coalition Issues

Goal #2
Identify poriorities from 2004 Capacity and Needs Assessment:
e.g. Increase cancer screening
e.g. Efforts to decrease smoking
e.g. provide educational and informational events for providers

Goal #1 Objective Achieved January to December 2006

Goal #2 Objectives achieved in 2006

1. Eliminating Health disparities / CEED Workgroup did 24 screening days with Camden County DHHS “Get Screened, Stay Healthy, Stay Alive” Campaign; 16 were held in Camden City!

2. Lung Cancer / Smoking Cessation Workgroup wrote first grant to support expansion of YouthQuit2Win groups in four high schools. Submited but not received!

3. Tri-County Workgroup has presented firs CME event for 119 primary care providers. Tri-County will continue as a group.

4. Full Partner with the ACS Camden City Cancer Initiative with Eliminating Health Disparities (See above) and Worksite Wellness strategies
-Employee survey of Cancer screening and why they have not achieved their yearly screening! Grant for Palliative Care sumitted by not received, to help Camden City Residents

How can you help us?
Visit our contact page to learn more about how to:
Become a member of the Camden County Cancer Coalition
Become active in one of the coalition Work Groups
Attend events and fund raising activities
Become a speaker and/or support person for Cancer Prevention, Education and Early Detection

Advocacy Ad Hoc has secured $1.5 million for OCCP as well as funding for the NJCEED program, Tobacco Conrtol, and the Cancer Registry. The Committee is aslo focusing on a number of legislative issues including the bill which would underwrite cancer treatment for Colorectal and Prostate (400,000). American Cancer Society Advocacy Website http://www.acscan.org

Free CME/CEU Resceduled Men’s Health-Taking care of Business: Cancer Prevention, Early Detection & Screening
Clarion Hotel Conference Center Cherry Hill, NJ
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:00pm to 8:00pm with Dinner
CME/CEU Information: 2.5 Credits
Mail Registration / All Questions to:
IOMPH: Institute of Medicine & Public Health
Two Princess Road Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2302
Phone:609-896-1766
Fax: 609-896-1368
Email:iomph@msnj.org

Tri-County Cancer Work Group
Meeting October 17, 2007 at 1pm at CPAC
Community Planning and Advocacy Council,
Cooper River Square, 6991 N. Park Drive Pennsauken, NJ 08109

Camden County Cancer Coalition Quarterly Meeting
October 31, 2007
Wednesday Lunch Meeting- 11:00am to 1:30pm
Community Planning and Advocacy Council,
Cooper River Square, 6991 N. Park Drive Pennsauken, NJ 08109

Camden County Canser Coalition Eliminating Health Disparities Workgroup
November 5, 2007 Monday from 10:00am to Noon
RSVP for Lunch to Hilary Colbert, 856-663-3998 or hcolbert@cpachvi.org
Community Planning and Advocacy Council,
Cooper River Square, 6991 N. Park Drive Pennsauken, NJ 08109

Camden County Canser Coalition Eliminating Health Disparities Workgroup
December 3, 2007 Monday from 10:00am to Noon
RSVP for Lunch to Hilary Colbert, 856-663-3998 or hcolbert@cpachvi.org
Community Planning and Advocacy Council,
Cooper River Square, 6991 N. Park Drive Pennsauken, NJ 08109

Camden County Cancer Coalition and the Camden County DHHS have launched an 18 month campaign!

Since April 2006, the Eliminating Health Disparities Workgroup of the Camden County Cancer Coalition and the Camden County DHHS have been active in an 18 month campaign for health screening for the six largest municipalities in Camden County.  Camden City, Cherry Hill, Pennsauken, Voorhees, Winslow, and Gloucester Townships are not only the largest in population, but they also represent the areas where 80% of African Americans and 82% of Latino Americans live.  General Health Screening with the Cancer Screening of NJ Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJ CEED) are joined together.  We are hoping to close the gap in quality of health screening and cancer screening for everyone in the County with a special focus on minority groups.  A total of 24 screening days will be held over the coming year.  For more information contact Ms. Lynn Rosner, (856) 374-6363, lrosner@camdencounty.com from CC-DHHS and the Camden County CEED programs at:  Cooper 856-968-7308 or Virtua 1-888-VIRTUA-3.

Dick Wendler, Cancer survivor and great Cancer Prevention Activist died suddenly on August 4, 2006.  Dick was our leader of the South Jersey Cancer Coalition, and an active member of the Camden County Cancer Coalition.  As a Cancer survivor of prostate cancer, Dick brought his experience and his concern that more men were not involved in the campaign to have Healthy Lives through Health Screening and Prevention especially for Cancer.  He was an educator par-excellance, and he brought ideas and enthusiasm for the Cause of Cancer Prevention at every event or meeting or discussion.  We will greatly miss him.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Memorial Service on Tuesday, August 11th 11:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 7th Ave & Green St., Haddon Heights, NJ 08035. Interment private. Friends may call Tuesday 9:30-11 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Dick’s memory to the church at the above address or to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, NY 10016.