Research to Reality Cyber-Seminars on Health Cancer Disparities

After a brief hiatus in August, the R2R cyber-seminar series is back in action on September 20, with a presentation on the Community Guide by Dr. Shawna Mercer and an interview with community practitioner, Myra Pinckney, on how her organization has used the Community Guide to improve its cancer prevention and control programs.

The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide), a free resource, provides evidence-based recommendations and findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force - to help identify approaches and policies for improving health and preventing cancer in your community.  During September's NCI Research to Reality cyber-seminar, Shawna Mercer, Director of The Guide to Community Preventive Services, will discuss what the Community Guide is, its history, many helpful ways to use this resource, and future directions for the Community Guide.  Additionally, Deborah Bauer, Partnerships and Dissemination Coordinator for the Community Guide, will interview community practitioner Myra Pinckney, Case Manager/Outreach Coordinator, St James-Santee Family Health Center, to discover how the Community Guide is being used at the local level to improve her organization's breast and cervical cancer programs. 

Myra, the first place winner of the Public Health Foundation's contest "I'm Your Community Guide," will share lessons learned, barriers and facilitators to utilization, and the impact of the Community Guide on her program and community.  Join for an examination of this important resource and how it can help you improve the health of your community and the programs, policies and research you implement.  Register now on the following link for more information.  https://researchtoreality.cancer.gov/cyber-seminars