By Lisa Little   Tue, Jul 28, 2009

Access and Resources: Some organized
coalition and collaboration activities address the
cancer needs of the county’s residents, but more
needs to be done to broaden the scope of cancer
care available for county residents.

School Health Education: Little health prevention
and promotion is taught in younger grades.
The textbooks used for high school lack information
on cancer prevention, risk factors, and
early detection. Private schools are not required
to adhere to New Jersey State Core Curriculum
Content Standards.

Providers and Treatment: Two acute care hospitals
offer a range of services in Gloucester
County. Both hospitals are centrally located and
easily accessible via NJ Transit bus routes.

Advocacy: Internal structure and funding for
cancer awareness, education and early detection
programs and access to care need to be
developed.

Palliative Care: While organizations provide
palliative care services to Gloucester County
residents, it is unknown what percentage of
patients have access to the full range of palliative
care services throughout the course of their
illness.

Nutrition and Physical Activity: Nutrition and
physical activity in school curricula and mass
media campaigns are recommended.

Childhood Cancer: There is one center providing
pediatric care to Gloucester County residents.
Patient support services include information,
education, and support designed for individuals
or as support groups.

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

The Gloucester County Cancer Coalition is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services’ Office of Cancer Control and Prevention. The mission of the Gloucester
County Cancer Coalition is to implement the New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan in
Gloucester County.

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

The State of NJ Youth Cancer Awareness Badge , which began as a project of the Gloucester County Cancer Coalition Youth work group through Tom Johnson has now partnered with the State of NJ Library to raise cancer awareness and to promote C.E.E.D  through out Gloucester County. The State Library's marketing department designed a Healthy Families book for children from the questions developed by the County Coordinator. The child then reads the questions in the book to an adult, the answers the questions, then returns the book to the librarian and the child receives a Youth Cancer Awareness Badge. The adult that answered the questions in the book will receive a certificate. 

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

Tri-County workgroup promoting the Hands of Hope for the months of June through September. Gloucester will partner with our leading anti-tobacco agencies, S.O.D.A.T and the Gloucester County Department of Health on this project/event. 

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

May 09, 2009, the "Stay on Course for Good Health" men's free golf tournament. The target audience for this event is African American men, ages 35 to 55. Thirty men registered and 27 men attended the tournament. Prostate and colorectal cancer screening was discussed along with the importance of staying active and physically fit. CEED information was also discussed and distributed. We also provided the men with baseball caps, golf towels, bottled water, sun-screen and trailmix for the course. A "Test Your Knowledge about Men's Health" was given to the men after the completion of the tournament. There were 7 questions, 11% got 2 wrong, 16% got 3 wrong, 28% got 4 wrong and 16% got 6 wrong. The outcome of the tests show that an increase effort is needed to educate the higher risk African American male group on important health issues that effect their lives. Out the six teams, the first, second and third place teams won gift cards to Dick's Sporting Goods to encourage them to encourage them in physical fitness.

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

June 17th, a free CE 3 credited Oral Cancer Conference breakfast , sponsored by Gloucester, Camden and Burlington County Cancer Coalitions along with OralCDx and Cigna  to be held at the Riverwinds Community Center. The Goal of this event is to provide the dental professionals in Southern New Jersey with an update on prevention, screening, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer, which is one of the nine priority cancers in the 2008-2012 New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (NJCCCP).

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

May 15, 2009, the Faith Based Breast Health initiative, Friday Night Fitness Fun, spoke to the issues of women's health and fitness with emphasizes on breast health. Forty-eight women attended the nights event which ran from 7PM-9PM. Curves gyms, which is noted for promoting breast health also partnered in the event by providing 30 day free memberships to all the women, and gift bags. The Cancer Coalition provided healthy snacks, water, Stay-fit pedometer kits, women's health information, and scented stress balls. The women who moved the most during the event won a gift card to Lady's Foot Locker.

By Lisa Little   Sun, Jul 26, 2009

Month of June, "Swing into Health" men's golf outing partnership with Dept of Health. Tables of for health screenings and health promotion and education will be placed at 8 golf courses throughout Gloucester for the month of June which is men's health month.