Best Practices and Successes from Across the Country
This webinar covered how four diverse community organizations and health systems developed innovative public awareness strategies to promote timely colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the communities they serve. Note: this session will feature much of the same content shared in a concurrent session held on Thursday, November 21st at the 2024 ACS NCCRT Annual Meeting.
Speakers:
- Mark Kennedy, MBA, Boston Public Health Commission
- Nathan Merriman, MD, MSCE, Intermountain Health
- David Russo, Cheeky Charity
- Jamie H. Thompson, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Key Links:
- Slides
- ACS NCCRT public awareness related resources and tools:
- Learn more about our presenters’ organizations:
- English, Spanish, and other language materials and videos to promote CRC screening:
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