Thank you to our Sponsors

Visit the Exhibitors!American Cancer Society

Arkansas Department of Health – BreastCareArkansas Department of Health – Center for Health Advancement

Arkansas Department of Health – Tobacco Prevention and Cessation ProgramArkansas Insurance Department

Arkansas Minority Health CommissionCARTI Foundation

Community Health Centers of ArkansasFamily Service Agency, Inc

The Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyUAMS Arkansas Disability & Health Program

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute FoundationUAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute – MammoVan

UAMS Library

Chair, Arkansas Cancer CoalitionProfessor of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesDirector, Cancer Control, Cancer InstitutePractice Director, Ladies' Oncology Clinic, Cancer InstitutePrincipal Investigator

Arkansas Cancer Community Network Program (AR-CCN)Colorectal Cancer Education and Screening Program

Ronda S. Henry-Tillman M.D., F.A.C.S.

Arkansas Cancer CoalitionWe provide a favorable environment for cancer control partners to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the burden of cancer for every person in Arkansas

We are a partnership of individuals and organizations working together to:

Provide an overview of the current cancer control in Arkansas

Strengthen and sustain the cancer control partnership support network

The Arkansas Cancer PlanSurvivorshipPalliative CareProfessional EducationSurveillance and

ReportingEvaluation

PreventionScreening & DetectionTreatmentDisparitiesClinical TrialsHealthcare Workforce

Download plan at arcancercoalition.org

Arkansas Cancer Plan Implementation Grants

The Arkansas General Assembly authorized the Arkansas Department of Health to spend $1.8 million annually to implement the Arkansas Cancer Plan

Arkansas Cancer Plan Implementation Grants

Invited GrantsArkansas Central Cancer RegistryArkansas Prostate Cancer

FoundationCervical Cancer Education &

Prevention ProgramColorectal Cancer Screening

ProgramModular Mammography ProgramThe Witness ProjectArkansas Cancer Coalition

Invited Implementation Grants$156,800

$225,000

$135,000

$220,000

$375,000

$39,729

$563,381Cancer Registry

Prostate Cancer

Cervical Cancer

Colorectal Cancer

Modular Mammogra-phyWitness Project

Cancer Coalition

Arkansas Cancer Coalition Implementation Grant

The Arkansas Cancer Coalition received $568,381 for Fiscal Year 2013.

ACC uses the Implementation Grant to fund support staff and program deliverables, and to issue ACC Competitive Implementation Grants

ACC Competitive Implementation Grants

FY 2013 Award grantees answered the ACC Request for Applications in January 2012

Hope Cancer ResourcesOzark Health FoundationSt. Bernard’s Development

FoundationUAMS – Partners in Health

SciencesUAMS – Colleges of Nursing,

Health Related Professions, & Medicine

Grants range from $25,000 to $75,000

Hope Cancer ResourcesThe mission of Hope Cancer Resources is to provide compassionate, professional cancer support and education in the Northwest Arkansas region today and tomorrow. Patient support programs provide navigation for financial and emotional services for cancer patients to help reduce distress during treatment. Licensed oncology social workers evaluate newly diagnosed cancer patients and patient transportation and financial assistance programs ease some of the burdens to cancer patients in Northwest Arkansas. Financial assistance programs help patients currently in treatment who are uninsured or underinsured and have a financial need with no restriction on age, gender, race or cancer diagnosis.

Ozark Health Foundation In an effort to continue to reduce the incidence of tobacco use in rural Van Buren and Searcy Counties and to ultimately eliminate health disparities related to tobacco use, Ozark Mountain Health Network will continue to work towards “Communities In Action,” a community-based approach to the prevention of tobacco use and access to proven cancer control strategies.

All goals coincide with the Arkansas Cancer Plan and include: building and maintaining a coalition of diverse partners working toward tobacco control and prevention, decreasing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, and promoting environmental change through local healthcare organizations through employee cessation. Program activities will be implemented through local worksites, schools, policy makers, and coalitions.

St. Bernards Development FoundationThrough I CAN, St. Bernards will provide to breast cancer patients the services of a dedicated breast cancer navigator as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve outcomes.

The St. Bernards I CAN multidisciplinary team, consisting of care navigator, radiologists, pathologist, radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, surgeon, plastic surgeon each will meet weekly to review all new breast cancer cases and develop an individualized plan of care for each patient. The navigator then will use the plan of care to help the patient receive more timely access to healthcare information and services, satisfaction and outcomes.

UAMS Partners in Health SciencesThe “Healthy Skin” professional development workshop is for Grade 4-8 pre-service and in-service teachers and increases knowledge and understanding of the basic functional anatomy of the skin, the damaging effects of unprotected exposure to UV radiation on the skin, and the formation of the 3 major types of skin cancer.

Funding will be used to: 1) provide professional development training to an additional 250 middle school teachers at various locations statewide; 2) provide a resource kit; 3) evaluate the training event using evaluation tools developed with ACC and previous NIH evaluators that monitor quantitative and qualitative measures; 4) conduct long term evaluation; 5) initiate the construction of interactive, computer based, learning modules for student use; and 6) construct a final report of all project activities.

UAMS Colleges of Nursing, Health Related Professions, and Medicine Tobacco Cessation in a Thoracic Oncology Clinic This program will implement a novel, systematic, evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment program tailored for patients receiving care at a thoracic surgery oncology clinic at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute (WPRCI) at UAMS.

The WPRCI will provide access to patients, a database and information technology, a carbon monoxide monitor, administrative support, and physical facilities. The program utilizes a database for cessation treatment for cancer patients, three certified Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTS), trained clinic staff, a systematic, tailored approach, outcomes and cost effectiveness data. Activities include data development, TTS course completion, education for clinic staff, mentorship and data collection and analysis.

Join us in thanking the following Board members for their service and tireless commitment to the Arkansas Cancer Coalition:

Barbara Hager, MPH CHESCatherine Tapp, MPHCharlotte Williams, DrPH, MPHHelen Baldwin, MBA, RNRonda Henry-Tillman, MD

2013 ACC Board NomineesRaul BlasiniSara EichmannKimberly EnochPaulette MehtaCamille ParkerCharity SmithKrista Thomas

****Please select only 5 nominees when voting****

Andy CoreMotivational SpeakerSummit XIV Moderator