The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issues evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services and early detection services. Review the current recommendations for cancer-related topics at the link below.
The Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Breast Health Education for Young Women Facilitator’s Guide (Guía de educación sobre la salud de los senos para mujeres jóvenes) is designed to increase young women’s knowledge about breast health. Updated in 2020, this user-friendly educational tool has been used in communities far and wide to reach young women with information about breast health and breast cancer.
People of all colors, including those with brown and black skin, get skin cancer. This resource provides information on spotting skin cancers in people of color and reducing skin cancer risk.
Established in 2018, the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition is a non-profit organization headquartered in Reno. It provides tools and resources to support physician and physician family wellbeing. To address the highly sensitive nature of physician burnout and associated stigma, NPWC operates independent of regulatory and licensure bodies, medical societies, as well as where a physician may be employed. As an autonomous entity, NPWC serves Nevada physicians, medical students, and families—regardless of place of employment or employment status.
American Cancer Society presented this ECHO webinar June 2021 featuring a panel of experts discussing how to address HPV vaccination and the effect of COVID-19 on vaccination.
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Each month Immunize Nevada organizes webinars focused on multiple immunization-related topics and trends. Dozens of providers from throughout the country attend during lunchtime to earn continuing education credits at no cost.
My Life, My Quit is a smoking, tobacco and vaping resource for teens. It provides information on addiction and the costs and risks for tobacco and nicotine use, along with quit assistance by phone and text.
Nevada Tobacco Quitline is a free resource for Nevadans who would like to quit tobacco.
For providers, the site offers resources, education, and tips for talking to patients about quitting smoking.
For patients, the site offers quit assistance including counseling, tools, and free nicotine replacement therapy.
Cancer prevention and screening can help to keep the workforce healthy. This flyer serves as a guide for developing a paid leave policy for cancer screenings.
This booklet from the EPA provides an overview of what radon is, how to test, and how to protect oneself from high levels of radon exposure.