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Welcome to Louisville American Cancer Society & REACH US Mid-South Regional Meeting Marriott Louisville Downtown 280 West Jefferson Street Louisville, KY 40202 August 22-24, 2011 Bert Fayne, CEED CHA COORDINATOR Community Action Team of Shelby County • C = Caring • A = Awareness • T = Teamwork • S = Sustainability *The “C” is silent, but we aren’t! CATS Advisory Board Members Community Network Partners • • • • • • • • • • • • • AmeriChoice Brown Buddies Carin’ & Sharin’ Breast Cancer Support Group Church Health Center Memphis Health Center Memphis Healthy Churches National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer III STARRS Breast Cancer Support Group Tennessee Breast & Cervical Screening Program Tennessee Men’s Health Network Tennessee Cancer Coalition (TC2) United Healthcare Volunteer State Health Plan Community Health Advisors(CHA) Recruitment Event Accomplishments • Established successful network partnerships w/key organizations • Developed & Implemented Community Health Advisors program • Trained & graduated 51 CHA members • Developed breast cancer & community resource guide • Established effective and efficient widespread community engagement • Instituted evaluation surveys for unstructured community events • Adapted evidenced based breast & cervical cancer education curriculum & pre/post surveys – “Stay Beautiful/Stay Alive”© First CHA Graduation Accomplishments • Educated 2,307 women on breast and cervical cancer • Directed approximately 500 to screening facilities and other community resources • Assisted over 500 with overcoming barriers to screening and care • Memphis CHA program outreach increased from (7) to (12) zip codes • “Hats off to Breast Cancer” breast & cervical cancer skits in 17 African American Churches, to 429 women • Developed monthly outreach calendar • Held monthly CHA debriefing & update meetings Hat’s Off Presentation Accomplishments • Developed & implemented tracking &data management system • Developed “Take Action Against Breast & Cervical Cancer” Brochure • Poster & oral presentation @ St. Jude Global Summit June 9-11, 2011 • Poster presentation@ TN Cancer Coalition State Summit May, 20 • Submitted to CDC as success story Cure4Kids Global Summit Advancing Cancer Education and Healthy Living in Our Communities Thursday June 9, 2011 — Saturday June 11, 2011 Community Health Advisors: A Model in Community Outreach and Health Education Sandra J. Hamilton, RN, FNP, MEd; Bert Fayne; Brenda Kyles; Barbara Davis, PhD; Faye Hollowell, MTh; Eric Fowler, MS, CGC; Lee Schwartzberg, MD Tennessee Cancer Coalition West Region, (Memphis, TN, USA) S. J. Hamilton – Tennessee Cancer Coalition/Morehouse School of Medicine June 2011 Challenges • Development of volunteer infrastructure & reporting mechanism • Community education on role(s) of CHA • Participant follow-up • Continuity of CHA community outreach & participation • Prevention of burn out • Continuity of reporting Lessons Learned • Take it slow and easy • Be transparent • Include target community at all stages of planning and implementation • Empower CHAs and community • Collaboration & resource sharing • Acknowledge & reward CHA efforts • LISTEN & LEARN Next Steps • Active recruitment & retention efforts • Assess CHA strengths/weakness • Team building & leadership training • Develop outreach teams w/captains • Increased accountability • More structured assignments • Create peer mentorship • Public speaking training/support Next Steps • Increased CHA knowledge, skills & capabilities • Investigate statewide certification • Create a resource for cervical cancer & expanding community resources guide • Inclusion of other women reproductive cancers • More structured assignments • Create peer mentorship • Public speaking training/support • Develop professional speakers’ bureau Community Action Team of Shelby County