Resources

Web Resources

• The Iowa Department of Public Health
• The Iowa Cancer Consortium
• The American Cancer Society
• The National Cancer Institute
• The Centers for Disease Control
• The Prevent Cancer Foundation
• The Colorectal Cancer Coalition
• The Colon Cancer Alliance
• The National Comprehensive Cancer Network
• United States Preventive Services Task Force
• National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
• Fight Cancer
• Crohn's Disease
• Iowa Cancer Registry

Resources for Health Care Workers

What you can do:

• Talk to your patients, family, friends and acquaintances about colorectal cancer and encourage them to get screened. Click here for more information on screening. 
• March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Promote screening in a fun, blue way!
• Hold a health fair providing colorectal cancer screening tests and/or providing colorectal cancer education.

Reports & Publications

• How to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice: A Primary Care Clinician's Evidence-Based Toolbox and Guide and accompanying Action Plan
• Colorectal Cancer Materials and Resources (American Cancer Society)
• Clinician's Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Reference  

Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Campaign Materials

The purpose of this campaign is to educate health care professionals on the importance of offering the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) as another effective colorectal cancer screening option to patients who either won't or can't get a colonoscopy.

For more information:

For more information on available resources contact Jeanna Jones at (515) 371-1376.

Colon Cancer Foundation of Iowa

The Colon Cancer Foundation of Iowa's mission is to increase colon cancer screening rates within the State of Iowa through public, physician and patient education and assistance, by utilizing a variety of different programs, activities and resources.

• Web addresses: www.coloncanceriowa.org