ACHLC

Cervical Cancer

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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month!

According to American Cancer Society 12,710 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in 2011 and 4,290 women will die from cervical cancer in 2011. According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, New Jersey Cancer Registry approximately 90 women between 2002 and 2007 were diagnosed with cervical cancer and 37 women died of cervical cancer in Atlantic County. Cervical cancer was once the most common cause of cancer death, but after 1955 and the advance of the Pap, that number has gone down substantially.

The cervix is the lower part of the uterus which connects the body of the uterus to the vagina. Cervical cancer begins in the lining of the cervix and generally does not form suddenly. Cells begin to change from normal to pre-cancer and then cancer. This can take a number of years, although sometimes it happens more quickly. These changes are referred to by several terms, including dysplasia. Sometimes these changes may go away without treatment, but more often they need to be treated to prevent them from changing into true cancers.

Cervical Cancer Risk Factors

Certain risk factors increase a person’s chance of getting the disease. This does not mean the person will get the disease nor does it mean people without specific risk factors will not get the disease. It only means there is an increased chance.

HPV (Human Papillomavirus) – a sexually transmitted disease
Smoking
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) – a sexually transmitted disease
Chlamydia – a sexually transmitted disease
Diet low in fruit and vegetables
Birth control pills
Having many full term pregnancies
Young age at first full term pregnancy
Poverty
DES (diethylstilbestrol) -a hormone miscarriage drug used between 1940 and 1971
Family History

Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations

Most cervical cancers can be prevented by avoiding the risk factors and having a routine Pap test (a painless sample of mucus and cells scraped from the cervix). Young women can delay having sex until they are older and protect themselves against sexually transmitted disease by engaging in fewer partners. (Condoms do not protect against HPV, but do help protect against other sexually transmitted diseases.) Women can also quit smoking or never smoke to begin with to decrease risk. American Cancer Society recommends all women should begin having the Pap test within three years after they begin having sex (vaginal intercourse), but no later than age 21 years of age. Conventional Pap test should be performed every year, but liquid Pap tests can be done every two years. A pelvic exam still needs to be completed every year even if your Pap tests are not. A pelvic exam should not be confused with a Pap test. Patients should talk with their doctors about important cancer screenings and should be going to their gynecologist annually as long as there are not problems or symptoms. Any abnormal symptoms should be reported to your doctor right away.

Increasing the Accuracy of your Pap Test:

Do not schedule an appointment during your menstrual period.
Do not douche 48 hours before the test.
Do not have sexual intercourse 48 hours before the test.
Do not use tampons, birth control foams, jellies, or other vaginal creams or vaginal medications 48 hours before the test.

Information gathered 10-21-04. Revised statistics and information on 12-29-11.

References:

American Cancer Society, 12/29/11.
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, New Jersey Cancer Registry, 12/29/11

Below are a variety of websites which feature cervical information. Topics such as early detection, treatment, patient support and living with cancer are generally discussed.

American Cancer Society

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Cancer Institute

Gynecologic Cancer Foundation

National Cervical Cancer Coalition

The information listed in the websites above are not endorsed by the Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition, rather they are informative websites. All cervical issues should be referred and discussed with your physician.

ACHLC – Grant Year 2010/2011

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Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition

Grant Year: 2010-2011

The Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition was established in the fall of 2004 and is funded by theNew JerseyDepartment of Health (NJDHSS) and Senior Services, Office of Cancer Control and Prevention. Each year we report the work of the coalition through progress reports to NJDHSS. In order to get the new website up and running quickly we are going to use the fourth quarter progress reports to showcase the work we have completed over the grant years for the past five years. Please see below for details of the 2010-2011 grant year.

Goal: Complete one cancer related event for African American women by June 30, 2011.

It has been decided that the coalition will not complete the annual fashion show. This was decided for multiple reasons including loss of funding. It has been decided that we will do some Friend to Friend Parties for African American women. Friend to Friend Parties are intimate gatherings in which we discuss the importance of a mammogram. Please see below for the events completed during the grant period:

10/21/10: Friend to Friend Party, Pleasantville, 17 women
3/19/11: Friend to Friend Party, Pleasantville, 19 women
3/26/11: Hair by Marion, Pleasantville, 4 women

Goal: Complete two “Cut Out Cancer” events for African American men by June 30, 2011.

Cut Out Cancers have been extremely difficult in AtlanticCounty. We had the opportunity to have a van in Atlantic City, but no provider. We scheduled one Cut Out Cancer with an extra clinic at the Atlantic County Division of Public Health where men could go to the clinic on June 10^th, 9am-12pm and participate in the program by receiving a free hair cut. It was promoted through the Pleasantville Barber Shops because it is an easy bus hop to the clinic. No one showed.

We also hosted the New Age Hair and Health Luncheon in Atlantic City. This was an event for the barbers, their families and patrons. The event included education, celebration and honored one of our lost barbers. 30 people attended the event. Mostly fromAtlanticCounty.

Below are the Atlantic County Talk & Trims:

11/10/10: Omar & Abdullah’s, Atlantic City, 16 men, 5 barbers
11/10/10: Can You Dig It Barber Shop, Atlantic City, 14 men, 5 barbers
2/10/11: Rafael’s Barber Shop Peluqueria-Unisex, Atlantic City, 5 men, 2 barbers
3/26/11: Alpha & Omega Hair Studio, Pleasantville, 6 men, 2 barbers

Goal: Complete one cancer related CEU event by June 30, 2011.

Modern Mangement of Ovarian Cancer

Modern Management of Ovarian Cancer

Date: May 23, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Gilda’s Club South Jersey, Linwood
Target Audience: Nurses and Social Workers
Meal Provided: SandwichTray, Fruit, Salads, Brownie Tray, Water
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: Professional Lecture, 1.5 CEs
The purpose of the event is for participants to understand what ovarian cancer is, the risk factors that are associated with ovarian cancer and how ovarian cancer is treated and managed. Studies will be used to illustrate the reasons behind the approach of ovarian cancer treatment/management.
Attendance: 27 attendees (predominately nurses)
The evaluation will be completed shortly.

Goal: Complete one healthy lifestyle event for families by June 30, 2011.

Picnic in the Park

The concept is to get families to be more active in a fun way.
Date: August 20, 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: AtlanticCountyPark– Estell Manor
Target Audience: Families
Meal Provided: Healthy Bagged Lunch
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: The main part of the event consisted of interactive tables (half were mind oriented and half was physically oriented). Each participant had to complete 15 tables for a completed passport. Passports were then drawn for prizes. The event also had giveaways and food.
Attendance: The attendance was great! This was our largest healthy lifestyle event yet. It consisted of 157 people (49 families, 75 adults, 82 children).
Evaluation is complete. Please see the completed evaluation for more information.

Goal: Participate in the New Jersey “Choose Your Cover” Free Skin Cancer Screening event with two locations on July 17, 2010.

This yearAtlantic County participated in the state skin cancer screening. We held two locations:

Brigantine: 62 screened
Ventnor: 79 screened
A full evaluation has been completed. Please see evaluation for more information.

Goal: 2,000 people will be educated (not health fairs) through a variety of projects and events by June 30, 2011.

Programs in which people attended lectures, seminars, or an educational piece of some kind. 2,818 people have been educated on varies topics for the current grant year. A majority of times they participated with a pre/post test.

Completed in the Fourth Quarter (1,357):

4/2/11: Scouting Out Nurses, Mays Landing, 73 children (patches)
4/8/11: Colorectal Cancer Workshop, Hammonton, 40 seniors
4/13/11: Cancer Prevention 101, Mays Landing, 16 people (troop leaders)
4/14/11: Cancer Prevention 101, EggHarborTownship, 15 people (troop leaders)
4/14/11: A Roadto Good Health, Mays Landing, 100 students (special education)
4/14/11: Colorectal Cancer Workshop, Buena, 11 seniors
4/27/11: Growing Healthy Project, Mays Landing, 35 people
5/10/11: Become Tobacco Free, Somers Point, 2 smokers
5/12/11: Colorectal Cancer Workshop, EggHarborCity, 20 seniors
5/14/11: CommunityGardenKickoff, Mays Landing, 40 people
5/18/11: Colorectal Cancer Workshop, Brigantine, 12 seniors
5/23/11: Modern Management of Ovarian Cancer, Linwood, 27 participants (professionals)
5/23/11: A Roadto Good Health, EggHarborTownship, 585 students
5/25/11: The Role of Complementary and Alternative medicine in Palliative Care, Somers Point, 20 nurses
5/26/11: A Roadto Good Health, Somers Point, 285 students
6/5/11: Survivor’s Day, Somers Point, 35 people
6/7/11: Healthy Roads: Prostate and Testicular, Somers Point, 7 women (yes, women)
6/13/11: Aging with Dignity, Complementary Alternative Medicine, 13 seniors
6/16/11: Colorectal Cancer Workshop, Northfield, 21 seniors

Completed in the Third Quarter (506):

2/11/11: Testicular Self Exams, Buena, 78 high school boys
2/17/11: Moving Palliative Care Upstream, Pomona, 29 college students
2/24/11: A Roadto Good Health, Atlantic City, 190 middle school students
3/19/11: Friend to Friend Party, Pleasantville, 19 women
3/19/11: PCI Gospel Concert, Pleasantville, 45 people
3/24/11: Moving Palliative Care Upstream, Somers Point, 35 people
3/26/11: Friend to Friend Party, Pleasantville, 4 women
3/30/11: A Roadto Good Health, Estell Manor, 106 middle school students

Completed in the Second Quarter (529):

10/13/10: Metastatic Breast Cancer Symposium, Somers Point, 28 people
10/21/10: Friend to Friend Party, Pleasantville, 17 women
10/24/10: Basket of Hope (FTF), Northfield, 34 women
11/3/10: A Roadto Good Health, Absecon, 315 middle school students
11/5/10: Healthy Roads: Cancer Prevention 101, Somers Point, 29 people
11/10/10: Ready Set Go! (class 1), Pomona, 5 smokers
11/17/10: Ready Set Go! make up class, Pomona, 3 smokers
11/17/10: Ready Set Go! (class 2), Pomona, 6 smokers
12/1/10: Ready Set Go! (class 3), Pomona, 3 smokers
12/3/10: Healthy Roads: Lung Cancer, Somers Point, 28 people
12/3/10: Cancer Prevention 101, Ventnor, 54 people
12/8/10: Ready Set Go! (class 4), Pomona, 3 smokers
12/14/10: Man to Man Support Group, Linwood, 4 people

Completed in the First Quarter (426):

7/9/10: Healthy Roads: Sun Safety/Skin Cancer, Somers Point, 23 people
7/17/10: Choose Your Cover, Brigantine, 62 people
7/17/10: Choose Your Cover, Ventnor, 79 people
8/6/10: Healthy Roads: Colorectal Cancer, Somers Point, 22 people
8/14/10: Noogieland Breakfast, Linwood, 10 people
8/20/10: Picnic in the Park, Mays Landing, 157 people (49 families, 75 adults, 82 children)
8/26/10: Breast and Cervical CEED 20^th Birthday, Somers Point, 40 people
9/23/10: Atlantic County Palliative Care Efforts, North Brunswick, 8 people
9/28/10: Cancer Prevention 101 at Bally’s, Atlantic City, 6 people
9/29/10: Palliative Care Lunch and Learn, Somers Point, 19 people

2,000 people will be reached by health fairs.

2,267 people have been to our tables at a health fair this grant year.

Completed in the Fourth Quarter (620):

4/9/11: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Health Fair, Atlantic City, 55 women
4/30/11: Bayfest, Somers Point, 45 people
5/1/11: Earth Day – ACUA, EggHarborTownship, 150 people
5/3/11: NJ Governor’s Women Conference, Atlantic City, 200 women
5/7/11: Shirley Mae Run, Atlantic City, 65 people
6/8/11: NJ Manufacture Insurance Group Employee Wellness Fair, Hammonton, 45 people
6/15/11: SMH Employee Skin Cancer Table, 35 people (23 answered a question)
6/24/11: Relay for Life Advocacy Table, OceanCity, 25 petitions

Completed in the Third Quarter (371):

1/20/11: SMH Employee Health Fair, Somers Point, 95 people (65 answered quiz questions), 8 COs
2/4/11: SMH Heart Day, Somers Point, 46 people, 4 COs
2/15/11: Galloway Township Wellness Fair, GallowayTownship, 125 people
3/26/11: St Andrews Church Health Fair, Atlantic City, 25 homeless men
3/31/11: Colorectal Awareness Month at the Foodbank/Pantry, EggHarborTownship, 80 people

Completed in the Second Quarter (480):

10/7/10: Employee Breast Health Table, Somers Point, 45 people
10/15/10: Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Atlantic City, 100 people
10/15/10: Latino Awareness Day, VentnorCity, 125 people
10/30/10: Pretty in Pink, Pleasantville, 100 people
11/18/10: Great American Smoke Out – Stockton, Pomona, 100 people
11/18/10: Great American Smoke Out, Somers Point, 10 people

Completed in the First Quarter (796):

8/3/10: Galloway National Night Out, Galloway, 175 people
9/1/10: City of Atlantic City Health Fair, Atlantic City, 175 people
9/28/10: 2^nd Annual Community Life Fair, Atlantic City, 200 people
9/29/10: ShoreMemorialHospitalHealth and Community Fair, Somers Point, 246 people

Goal: Complete one school based project by June 30, 2011.

A Road to Good Health is a project that has been taken into the schools. It consists of taking over the gym classes. The class is divided into two in which one side focuses on physical exercise and the other focuses on health education. The students rotate within the sides and then switch half way through to do the other activities. A pre & post survey is completed and the program was IRB approved through Rutgers Cooperative Extension. This will be the third year for the project. (First year pilot – 2 schools, Second year – 6 schools) We are also developing a second set of activities called Sustainable Me to rotate with the first project. Sustainable Me is scheduled to begin in the fall.

11/3/10: A Roadto Good Health, EmmaCAttalesMiddle School, Absecon, 315 students
2/24/11: A Roadto Good Health, New YorkAvenueSchool, Atlantic City, 190 students
3/30/11: A Roadto Good Health, EstellManorElementary School, Estell Manor, 106 students
4/14/11: A Road to Good Health, Atlantic County Special Services, Mays Landing, 100 students
5/23/11: A Road to Good Health, Miller School, Egg Harbor Township, 585 students.
5/26/11: A Road to Good Health, Dawes/Jordan Road School, Somers Point, 285 students

Goal: Expand the Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition to include five new members by June 30, 2011.

Paul Russo – Tobacco Education Committee
Maria Garcia – Healthy Lifestyle Committee
Denise Trumbauer – Palliative Care Committee
Ashley Marchowsky – Palliative Care Committee
Debra Meredith – Palliative Care Committee

Goal: Hold four quarterly ACHLC Coalition meetings by June 30, 2011.

November 10, 2010
August 11, 2010
February 9, 2011
May 11, 2011

Goal: Barbershop Initiative

The Barbershop Program is continued into the fourth year. This year the goals are to train 20 new barbers in the Southern half ofNew Jersey(11 counties), to screen 50 people as a result of the program and to educate/reach out to 1,000 people about prostate cancer.

Total: 1,928 people were educated, 16 men were screened (that we are able to track), and 14 barbers were trained.
Fourth Quarter Accomplishments: 404 people were educated, and 9 barbers were trained.
Third Quarter Accomplishments: 519 people were educated, 14 men were screened and 5 barbers were trained.
Second Quarter Accomplishments: 541 people were educated.
First Quarter Accomplishments: 464 people were educated and 2 men were screened.

Completed in the Fourth Quarter (404):

Talk & Trim’s:

4/6/11: Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset, 9 men, 3 barber
4/7/11: High Class Barber Shop, Trenton, 6 men, 1 barber
4/7/11: Jimmy’s Barber Shop, Princeton, 8 men, 1 barber
4/8/11: Sama Barbershop, Southhampton, 8 men, 3 barbers
4/8/11: Carmen’s Barbershop, Maple Shade, 10 men, 2 barbers
4/9/11: Carlos Barbershop, Freehold, 5 men, 4 barbers
4/9/11: Emmanuel Barbershop, Freehold, 7 men, 3 barbers
4/9/11: Joe’s Barbershop, Freehold, 4 men, 4 barbers
4/16/11: Leo’s Barbershop, TomsRiver, 6 men, 2 barbers
4/16/11: Holiday City Barbershop, TomsRiver, 4 men, 3 barbers
5/24/11: Willie’s His & Her Beauty Salon & Barber Shop, Burlington, 12 men, 3 barbers
5/26/11: Toms Barbershop, Beverly, 10 men, 2 barbers
5/28/11: Pee Wee’s Tonsorial Parlor, Camden, 14 men, 4 barbers
6/1/11: Beauty and the Beast, Trenton, 11 men, 4 barbers
6/2/11: Gus’ Barbershop, Red Bank, 8 men, 3 barbers
6/2/11: Zebulun Barbershop, Lakewood, 10 men, 2 barbers
6/23/11: Toms Barbershop, Beverly, 10 men, 3 barbers

Miscellaneous:

4/13/11: Barber Training, Early Bird Shop, Asbury Park, 1 barber trained
4/20/11: Barber Training, G & G Barbershop, Freehold, 3 barbers trained
5/4/11: Prostate Education, FreeholdSeniorCenter, Freehold, 23 senior men
5/5/11: Prostate Education, Feed All God’s Children, Freehold, 37 senior men
5/7/11: Prostate Education, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood, 52 homeless low income men
5/8/11: Prostate Education, Immanuel Bible Church Mens Day, Howell, 46 men
5/9/11: Barber Training, Jerry’s Barber Styling, TomsRiver, 3 barbers trained
5/9/11: Barber Training, Pell’s Main Street Barber Shop, TomsRiver, 2 barbers trained
6/12/11: New Age Hair and Health Luncheon, Atlantic City, 30 people

(Special public event put together by the Barbershop Initiative.)

6/18/11: FaithMemorialCommunityChurch, Willingboro, 27 men

Completed in the Third Quarter (519):

Talk & Trim’s:

1/6/11: Jimmy’s Barber Shop, Princeton, 8 men, 1 barber
1/11/11: The Razor’s Edge, Pennington, 14 men, 2 barbers
1/11/11: Beauty & the Beast, Trenton, 16 men, 4 barbers
1/19/11: Fletcher’s Barber Shop, Bridgeton, 8 men, 1 barber
1/19/11: Clint’s Barber Shop, Bridgeton, 12 men, 3 barbers
1/25/11: Bryant’s Barbershop, Glassboro, 8 men, 4 barbers
1/25/11: Melvin B Alston Shop, Glassboro, 5 men, 3 barbers
2/3/11: Scott’s Barbershop, Clayton, 12 men, 3 barbers
2/3/11: Scissor Shack, Clayton, 8 men, 2 barbers
2/5/11: Ben’s Barber Shop, Glassboro, 18 men, 4 barbers
2/5/11: Butch’s Barber Shop, Glassboro, 15 men, 5 barbers
2/5/11: Hair After, Glassboro, 17 men, 5 barbers
2/8/11: G & G Barber Shop, Freehold, 8 men, 3 barbers
2/8/11: Carlos Barber Shop, Freehold, 12 men
2/9/11: Emmanuel Style Barber & Beauty Salon, Freehold, 6 men, 2 barbers
2/9/11: Joe’s Barbershop, Freehold, 9 men, 3 barbers
2/10/11: Rafael’s Barber Shop Peluqueria-Unisex, Atlantic City, 5 men, 2 barbers
2/12/11: Vito’s Head Shoppe, Somerset, 4 men, 1 barber
2/12/11: Eddie Barbershop, Somerset, 7 men, 3 barbers
2/15/11: Ron’s Barbershop, Pennsauken, 9 men, 4 barbers
2/15/11: Sheer Ambiance, Pennsauken, 9 men, 3 barbers
2/15/11: Lonnie’s Barber Shop, Pennsauken, 9 men, 3 barbers
2/25/11: Community Services, Inc, Lakewood, 14 men, 5 barbers
3/2/11: Rickey’s Hair Care, Somerset, 6 men, 3 barbers
3/2/11: Right Look Barbershop, Somerset, 2 barbers
3/2/11 Mean Cuts, Somerset, 5 men, 2 barbers
3/4/11: Ruth’s Barbershop, Salem, 8 men, 2 barbers
3/4/11: His & Hers Styling Salon, Salem, 7 men, 3 barbers
3/4/11: Heads-Too-Gether, Salem, 9 men, 3 barbers
3/4/11: Barber’s Basin Inc, Salem, 11 men, 3 barbers
3/11/11: Tyheem’s Barbershop, Williamtown, 7 men, 3 barbers
3/11/11: Razor Sharp Barbershop, Williamtown, 10 men, 4 barbers
3/11/11: Friendship #3, Lawnside, 9 men, 3 barbers
3/14/11: CommunityHealthCenter, Asbury park, 20 men, 14 men screened, 4 barbers
3/25/11: Jerry’s Barber Styling, TomsRiver, 9 men, 4 barbers
3/25/11: Holiday City Barber Shop, TomsRiver, 8 men, 3 barbers
3/25/11: Pell’s Main Street Barber Shop, TomsRiver, 5 men, 2 barbers
3/26/11: Alpha & Omega Hair Studio, Pleasantville, 6 men, 2 barbers
3/31/11: Joe’s Barber Shop, Pitman, 4 men, 1 barber
3/31/11: Butch’s Barber Shop, Glassboro, 6 men, 2 barbers

Miscellaneous:

1/3/11: Barber Training, Early Bird Shop, Asbury Park, 1 barber trained
- 1/8/11: Prostate Awareness Presentation, FaithMemorialCommunityChurch, Willingboro, 18 men
2/8/11: Barber Training, Carlos Barber Shop, Freehold, 4 barbers trained
- 2/11/11: Prostate Health Presentation, Kappa Alpha Psi, Haddonfield, 36 men

Completed in the Second Quarter (541):

Talk & Trim’s:

10/6/10: CUTS, USA, Somerville, 15 men, 4 barbers
10/7/10: Right Look, Somerset, 9 men, 2 barbers
10/9/10: M & M Platinum, Willingboro, 20 men, 6 barbers
10/12/10: Blessing Hair Salon, Woodbury, 8 men, 2 barbers
10/16/10: The Razor’s Edge, Pennington, 12 men, 2 barbers
10/28/10: Touch of Class, Clayton, 10 men, 2 barbers
10/29/10: High Class Barber Shop, Trenton, 7 men, 1 barber
11/3/10: Ruth’s Barbershop, Salem, 17 men, 2 barbers
11/4/10: Leo’s Barbershop, TomsRiver, 9 men, 1 barber
11/4/10: Holiday City Barbershop, TomsRiver, 12 men, 3 barbers
11/5/10: Tom’s Barbershop, Beverly, 10 men, 2 barbers
11/9/10: Frank Leto Barbershop, Moorestown, 12 men, 3 barbers
11/9/10: Carmen’s Barbershop, Maple Shade, 11 men, 2 barbers
11/10/10: Omar & Abdullah’s, Atlantic City, 16 men, 5 barbers
11/10/10: Can You Dig It Barber Shop, Atlantic City, 14 men, 5 barbers
11/12/10: Jimmy’s Barber Shop, Princeton, 8 men, 1 barber
11/13/10: Fletcher’s Barbershop, Bridgeton, 9 men, 1 barber
11/13/10: Clint’s Barber Shop, Bridgeton, 14 men, 3 barbers
11/14/10: Sama Barbershop, South Hampton, 7 men, 3 barbers
11/15/10: Bryant’s Barbershop, Glassboro, 11 men, 3 barbers
11/17/10: Willie’s His & Her Beauty & Barber Salon, Burlington, 10 men, 2 barbers
11/18/10: Style Barbershop, Freehold, 12 men, 4 barbers
11/19/10: Gus’ Barbershop, Redbank, 7 men, 3 barbers
12/3/10: Bou Monde Barber, Penns Grove, 8 men, 2 barbers
12/3/10: Les’ Barber Shop, Pennsville, 6 men, 2 barbers
12/4/10: Don’s Barbershop, Paulsboro, 4 men, 3 barbers
12/4/10: Tony’s Barbershop, Paulsboro, 9 men, 2 barbers
12/4/10: Frank’s Barbershop, Paulsboro, 5 men, 4 barbers
12/8/10: The King Den, Avon, 7 men, 3 barbers
12/8/10: Anthony & Jimmy’s, Belford, 6 men, 2 barbers
12/9/10: Hair Lords, Hightstown, 6 men, 3 barbers
12/11/10: Village Barbershop, Lawrenceville, 5 men, 3 barbers
12/16/10: James Mack Shop, Princeton, 6 men, 2 barbers
12/18/10: Charles Barbershop, Trenton, 5 men, 3 barbers

Miscellaneous:

10/2/10: Prostate Education, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood, 58 men, 3 barbers
11/6/10: Prostate Education, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood, 62 men

Completed in the First Quarter (464):

Talk & Trim’s:

7/8/10: Headliner’s Barbershop, Burlington, 8 men
7/10/10: Zebulun Barbershop, Lakewood, 9 men
7/16/10: Perry’s Barbershop, Blackwood, 11 people
7/21/10: Eugene’s Barber Shop, Camden, 12 men
7/23/10: Willie’s His & Her Beauty & Barber Salon, Burlington, 10 men
7/24/10: M & M Platinum Select, Willingboro, 16 men
7/28/10: Towne Barber & Salon, Hampton, 12 people
7/30/10: Beauty & the Beast, Trenton, 14 men
7/31/10: Rawls Unisex Barber Shop, Burlington, 11 men
8/7/10: Somerset Plaza Unisex, Somerset, 14 people
8/13/10: HairPort, Trenton, 10 people
8/19/10: Rawls Unisex Barber Shop, Burlington, 9 men
8/21/10: Rawls Unisex Barber Shop, Burlington, 12 men
8/25/10: R&C Barbershop, Camden, 18 people
8/27/10: Beauty & the Beast, Trenton, 19 men
8/28/10: Pee Wee’s Tonsorial Parlor, Camden, 14 people
8/31/10: Perry’s Barbershop, Blackwood, 10 people
9/4/10: Somerset Plaza Unisex, Somerset, 14 men, 3 barbers
9/4/10: Capital Cuts hair Studio, Somerville, 10 men, 4 barbers
9/7/10: Ft Dix Barber Shop, FortDix, 18 men, 6 barbers
9/9/10: Andes Fuller Barbers Shop, Camden, 12 men, 3 barbers
9/10/10: Jimmy’s Barber Shop, Princeton, 8 men, 1 barber
9/11/10: Fletcher’s Barber Shop, Bridgeton, 9 men, 1 barber
9/18/10: Juanita Coiffure Salon, Bridgeton, 7 men
9/22/10: Willie’s His & Hers Beauty & Barber Salon, Burlington, 12 men, 3 barbers
9/24/10: Clint’s Barber Shop, Bridgeton, 9 men, 3 barbers, 2 screened

Miscellaneous:

8/20/10: Prostate Education, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood, 62 homeless low income men
9/16/10: Prostate Education, Trenton Soup Kitchen, Trenton, 26 men
9/17/10: KAPPA Meeting/Prostate Education, JFKRecreationCenter, Willingboro, 32 men
9/24/10: Prostate Education, Trenton Soup Kitchen, Trenton, 12 m

ACHLC – Grant Year 2009/2010

Fri, 01 May 2009 14:40:24 +0000

Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition

Grant Year: 2009-2010

The Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition was established in the fall of 2004 and is funded by the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDHSS) and Senior Services, Office of Cancer Control and Prevention. Each year we report the work of the coalition through progress reports to NJDHSS. In order to get the new website up and running quickly we are going to use the fourth quarter progress reports to showcase the work we have completed over the grant years for the past five years. Please see below for details of the 2009-2012 grant year.

Celebrating Women's Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Fashion Show

Goal: Complete 1 ancer Related Public Event.

Breast Cancer Fashion Show

The Fashion Show is an annual event. It is focused on the African American population due to a higher morality rate in Breast Cancer.
Location: The Clarion
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Target Audience: African American Women
Meal Provided: Lunch
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: education, lunch, fashions, prizes, give aways
Education: This year the education was on family history and breast cancer, as well as colorectal cancer.
201 attended (77% was African American) (84% were over 41)
Almost everyone completed a pre/post test. 53% increase in knowledge.
A full evaluation will be complete shortly and available.

Happy 5th Birthday Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition!

Happy 5^th Birthday Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition!

Celebration of the coalition’s fifth birthday.
Location: The IMAX at Tropicana
Date: November 18, 2009
Time: 9:00am (8:45am)
Target: Coalition members and the public
No meal. Popcorn and drink.
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: highlights of the coalition, coalition awards, colorectal cancer education, movie (A Christmas Carol in 3D.)
40 people in attendance
23% increase knowledge
See event report for more information.

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Professional Project.

Think You Know About Sexually Transmitted Cancers? “N♀t S♂ Much”

Location: Gilda’s Club South Jersey
Date: April 14, 2010
Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm
Target Audience: Professionals – Nurses & Social Workers
Meal Provided: Light Refreshments (sandwich tray, fruit, salads, brownies)
Cost of Event: Free (1.5 CEU)
Speakers: Dr Darlene Gibbon, CINJ
Education: HPV and the relation to a variety of cancers, vaccination information.
48 people in attendance
23% improvement
A full evaluation will be complete shortly and available.

Tobacco Dependence: Prevention and Treatment

Location: Atlantic County Division of Public Health
Date: April 19, 2010
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
Target Audience: Public Health Nurses
Meal Provided: sandwich tray, fruit, salads, brownies
Cost of Event: Free (1.5 CEU)
Speakers: Kimberly Burns and Robert Schall, Atlantic Prevention Resources; Maria Spear, Roberta Nevin, Stephanie Bordonaro,Shore Memorial Hospital
Education: prevention, facts about tobacco, health consequences, assessment and treatment.
18 people in attendance
49% increase knowledge

Prostate Health: “Come and Get the Facts”

Location: Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center,Atlantic City
Date: June 25, 2010
Time: 10:00am-2:00pm
Target Audience: Statewide Coordinators
Meal Provided: Yogurt, fruit and granola in the morning, boxed lunch for lunch, plus beverages
Cost of Event: Free (3.5 CEU)
Speakers: Dr Kimmel, Dr Finkelstein, Marian Morrison, Virgil Simons
Education: Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines, Screening Controversies, Research and Treatment information, Prostate Advocacy, Outreach.
62 people in attendance
20% increase knowledge

Goal: Complete 1 School Based Project

A Road to Good Health is a project that has been taken into the schools. It consists of taking over the gym classes. The class is divided into two in which one side focuses on physical exercise and the other focuses on health education. The students rotate within the sides and then switch half way through to do the other activities. A pre & post survey is completed and the program was recently IRB approved through Rutgers Cooperative Extension. Earlier in the year Joanne Kinsey and Angela Bailey presented at the Superintendent’s Round Table. We sent letters to all middle and high school principals to be delivered in January 2010 upon return to school and received several interested schools. The goal was to get a few more schools to participate. Below are the schools in which the program has taken place during the 2009/2010 school year. 1056 children have gone through the program. A full evaluation is still in progress.

Complete:

March 29^th – A Road to Good Health Day 1, Alder Avenue Middle School, Egg Harbor Township – 150
March 30^th – A Road to Good Health Day 2, Alder Avenue Middle School, Egg Harbor Township – 150
April 12^th –A Road to Good Health,WeymouthTownshipMiddle School, Dorothy – 70
April 15^th –A Road to Good Health,NorthfieldMiddle School,Northfield – 125
April 28^th –A Road to Good Health,PleasantvilleHigh School, Pleasantville – 300
May 7^th –A Road to Good Health,FannyDRittenbergMiddle School,EggHarborCity – 170
May 28^th –A Road to Good Health,RichmondAvenueSchool,Atlantic City – 91

Goal: Complete 1 Healthy Lifestyle Event

Fun Steps to Fitness

The concept is to get families to be more active in a fun way.
Location: AtlanticCountyBikePath
Date: August 14, 2009
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Target Audience: Families
Meal Provided: Healthy Box Lunch
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: 1 mile walk, education, food, fun activities, interactive tables, prizes for completed passports, give aways
Attendance: The attendance was so-so. There were 65 people there consisting of 19 families. 84 people registered. 25% no show. Our goal was between 100 and 200 people.
Evaluation: 88% of the people who attended stated they would increase or start exercising as a result of the event. Out of the 12% that stated they would not increase their activity several were already exercising 5 or more times a week.

Goal: Participate in the Annual Choose Your Cover State Screening Event.

This yearAtlanticCountyparticipated in the state skin cancer screening. We held two locations:

Brigantine: 95 screened – 14 suspicious findings – 15%
Ventnor: 53 screened – 16 suspicious findings – 30%

Goal: 2,000 People Educated in various Programs.

Programs in which people attended a lecture, seminar, educational piece of some kind. 2546 people have been educated on varies topics for the current grant year. A majority of times they participated with a pre/post test.

Completed in the First Quarter (358):

July 10^th – Healthy Roads, Sun Safety, Somers Point, NJ – 17 people
July 21^st – Choose Your Cover, Brigantine, NJ – 95 people
July 21^st – Choose Your Cover, Ventnor, NJ – 53 people
July 21^st – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 24 smokers
August 7^th – Healthy Roads, Colorectal Cancer, Somers Point, NJ – 16 people
August 14^th – Fun Steps to Fitness, Egg Harbor Township, NJ – 64 (30 adults/34 children/19 families)
August 18^th – Talking with Your Congressman (ACS), Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Health Care Reform, 1 congressman
August 20^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, Crossroads, Egg Harbor Township – 25 smokers
August 29^th – Advocacy Training (ACS), Vineland – 7 people
September 15^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 20 smokers
September 17^th – SMH Showcase of Services, Somers Point, NJ – 19 people
September 21^st – 22^nd – Advocacy Legislation Education (ACS), Frank LoBiondo, Lautenberg Office Staff and Menendez Office Staff, Health Care Reform – 5 legislative people
September 28^th – Legislative Advocacy (ACS) Education Session, Health Care Reform, Somers Point, NJ – 12 people

Completed in the Second (375)

October 4^th – Breast Cancer Prevention Presentation, Cousin Mario’s Restaurant, Mays Landing – 30 people
October 8^th – Employee Health Table, Borgata, Atlantic City – 53 learned SBE
October 8^th – Prostate Workshop, Jeffries Towers, Atlantic City – 19 people
October 15^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, Crossroads, Egg harbor Township – 23 smokers
October 20^th – FTF Party, Black Professional Business Association, Pleasantville Library, Pleasantville – 12 people
October 20^th – Cancer Prevention 101, Trump Marina, Atlantic City – 8 people
October 21^st – Cancer Prevention 101, Trump Plaza, Atlantic City – 12 people
October 22^nd – Cancer Prevention 101, Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City – 10 people
October 23^rd – Breast Health Awareness, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 100 learned SBE
October 29^th – Nursing Grand Rounds, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 6 people
November 6^th – Healthy Roads Presentation (Breast) – Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 14 people
November 17^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 22 smokers
November 18^th – Happy 5^th Birthday ACHLC!, IMAX Tropicana, Atlantic City – 40 people
December 2^nd – ACS Ambassador Training, District 3 Manahawkin – 7 people
December 4^th – Healthy Roads Presentation (Cervical), Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 19 people

Completed in the 3rd Quarter (470)

January 6^th – American Cancer Society Board Meeting, Advocacy Reporting, Cherry Hill – 20 board members
January 19^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 21 smokers
January 20^th – Friend to Friend Party – E’Sprit De Shore Ladies, Somers Point – 37 women
February 3^rd – Legislative Office, Assemblyman Vince Polistina, Northfield – 1 legislature
February 18^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, Crossroads, Egg Harbor Township – 20 smokers
March 3^rd – American Cancer Society Board Meeting, Advocacy Reporting, Cherry Hill – 20 board members
March 16^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 12 smokers
March 23^rd – Galloway Township Wellness Fair, Galloway Middle School, Galloway – 150/22 patches
March 24^th – CEED Education, Assembly Budget Committee Meeting, Collingwood – 10 Assemblymen
March 29^th – A Road to Good Health Day 1, Alder Avenue Middle School, Egg Harbor Township – 150 middle school children
March 30^th – A Road to Good Health Day 2, Alder Avenue Middle School, Egg Harbor Township – 150 middle school children
March 31^st – Aging with Dignity Workshop, Community Haven Senior Citizens Housing, Atlantic City – 7 seniors

Completed in the 4th Quarter (1343)

April 12^th – A Road to Good Health, Weymouth Township Middle School, Dorothy – 70 middle school children
April 13^th – Complementary Alternative Medicine Workshop, Egg Harbor Senior Center – 13 seniors
April 14^th – Think You Know…, Gilda’s Club, Linwood – 48 professionals
April 15^th – A Road to Good Health, Northfield Middle School, Northfield – 125 middle school children
April 19^th – Tobacco Dependence: Prevention and Treatment, Atlantic County Division of Public Health, Northfield – 18 professionals
April 20^th – Complementary Alternative Medicine Workshop, Dr Leinweber Senior Center, Northfield – 20 seniors
April 28^th – A Road to Good Health, Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville – 300 9^th Graders
May 4^th – Aging with Dignity, Sunrise Assisted Living/Galloway Senior Center, Galloway – 19 seniors
May 7^th – A Road to Good Health, Fanny D Rittenberg middle School, Egg Harbor City – 170 middle school student
May 8^th – Mother’s Day Brunch, In His Image Ministries, Pleasantville – 50
May 11^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 17 smokers
May 15^th – Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivors’ Fashion Show, Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, Egg Harbor Township – 201 predominately African American women
May 15^th – Friend to Friend Party, Masonic Lodge, Haddonfield – 40
May 19^th – Complementary Alternative Medicine Workshop, Jeffries Towers, Atlantic City – 17 seniors
May 20^th – Complementary Alternative Medicine Workshop, Hammonton Senior Center, Hammonton – 19 seniors
May 22^nd – Scouting Out Nurses, Atlantic Cape County Community College, Mays Landing – 66 girls/patches
May 28^th – A Road to Good Health, Richmond Avenue School, Atlantic City – 91 middle school students
June 25^th – Prostate Health: Get the Facts, Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, Atlantic City, 59 professionals

Goal: Barbershop Initiative.

The Barbershop Program is continued into the second year. This year the goals are to educate 25 barbers in the Southern half ofNew Jersey(11 counties), to have the program in all eleven counties, to screen 50 people as a result of the program and support/follow-up existing barbers (54 barbers at the beginning of the grant year). AtlanticCountyGoal: 2 barbers & 2 kickoff campaigns.

During the grant year: 21 barbers were trained, 60 men were screened (We do not know how many additional men have been screened as a result of the program, but we do assume additional men are getting screened using either private insurance or the CEED program.) and a total of 1143 men and women (mostly men) have been educated by Anita in person. All the southern counties participate exceptCape MayCounty.

Barbershop Programs:

First Quarter: 406 men/people participated in the events below. 23 new barbers were educated (not trained) not calculated in the total.

July 1^st – Talk & Trim, Fort Dix Barbershop, Fort Dix – 12 men
July 7^th – Talk & Trim, Hair Port, Trenton – 10 people
July 10^th – Talk & Trim, Zebulun Barber, Lakewood – 10 people
July 22^nd – Talk & Trim, Rawls Unisex Barber Shop, Burlington – 15 men
July 29^th – Talk & Trim, R&C Barbershop, Camden – 28 people
July 31^st – Talk & Trim, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton – 22 men
August 6^th – Talk & Trim, Diddy Bop Hair, Trenton – 10 men
August 8^th – Talk & Trim, Agape Barber, Ewing – 11 men
August 11^th – Talk & Trim, Blessing Hair Salon, Woodbury – 16 men
August 15^th – Talk & Trim, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton – 19 men
August 18^th – Talk & Trim, Touch of Class Salon, Clayton – 20 men
August 20^th – Talk & Trim, Willie’s His & her Beauty & Barber Shop, Burlington – 14 men
August 21^st – Talk & Trim, Kut’ N Zone, Woodbury – 12 men
August 25^th – Talk & Trim, Eugene’s Barber Shop, Camden – 10 men
August 28^th – Talk & Trim, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset – 8 men
September 3^rd – Talk & Trim, Headliner’s Barbershop, Burlington – 19 men
September 5^th – Talk & Trim, Zebulun Barber Shop, Lakewood – 22 people
September 10^th – Talk & Trim, Eugene’s Barber Shop, Camden – 21 men
September 12^th – Talk & Trim, Willie’s His & Her Beauty & Barber Shop – 19 men
September 16^th – Talk & Trim, M & M Platinum Select, Willingboro – 26 men
September 19^th – Talk & Trim, Towne Barber & Salon, S Hampton – 25 people
September 22^nd – Talk & Trim, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton – 17 men
September 23red – Talk & Trim, Darryl’s Unisex Salon, Linden– 12 men
September 30^th – Talk & Trim, Anta African Hair, Trenton – 28 men

Second Quarter: 233 men/people participated in the events below. 7 new barbers were trained out of the 233 people. 11 were screened.

October 1^st – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Alton Clark Barbershop, Camden – 12 people
October 22^nd – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Pee Wee’s Tonsorial Parlor, Camden – 14 people
October 23^rd – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Perry’s Barbershop, Blackwood – 11 people
October 24^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset – 16 people
October 27^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, R&C Barbershop, Camden – 18 people
October 30^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset – 17 people
November 7^th – Prostate 101, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood – 56 people
November 9^th – Barber Training, Pee Wee’s Tonsorial Parlor, Camden – 3 barbers
November 11^th – Cut Our Cancer, R&C Barbershop, Camden – 23 educated, 5 screened
November 14^th – Barber Training, Perry’s Barbershop, Blackwood – 4 barbers
November 18^th – Talk & Trim Unisex Shop, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset – 21 people
November 21^st – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Hair-Works, Millville – 14 people
December 5^th – Cut Out Cancer, Women’s Health & Counseling Center, Somerville – 14 educated, 6 screened
December 11^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Pee Wee’s Tonsorial Parlor, Camden – 10 people

Third Quarter: 198 men/people participated in the events below. 14 new barbers were trained out of the 198 people. 85 barbers were educated during the talk & trims and are not calculated into the total. 19 men were screened.

January 6^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Sir Jean’s World of Beauty, Asbury Park – 8 people
January 6^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Eddie’s Barber Shop, Asbury Park – 12 people
January 6^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Early Bird Barber Shop, Asbury park – 11 people
January 8^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Frances Unisex Hair, Asbury Park – 6 people
January 8^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, H You Want It Barber Shop, Asbury Park – 14 people
January 8^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Heaven on Earth, Asbury Park – 11 people
January 13^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Lather, Asbury Park – 5 people
January 13^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Hair Club 2003 The Jump Off, Asbury Park – 7 people
January 13^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Heaven on Earth, Asbury Park – 5 people
January 15^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Golden Clippers, Asbury Park – 4 people
January 15^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Magic Touch, Asbury Park – 6 people
January 22^nd – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Ray’s Barber Shop, Trenton – 8 people
January 23^rd – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Chrisma Beauty Center, Hightstown – 12 people
January 27^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Richard’s Hair & Beauty, Lawrenceville – 4 people
January 30^th – Cut Out Cancer Campaign, Community Health Center, Asbury Park – 14 people
March 30^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton – 23 people
March 30^th – Barbershop Training, Agape Mission – 3 barbers

March 8^th – Barbershop Training, Alton Clark Barbershop, Camden – 2 barbers
March 12^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Hairworks, Burlington – 12 people
March 15^th – Barbershop Training, Perry’s Barbershop, Camden – 3 people
March 19^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Perry’s Barbershop, Camden – 10 people
March 22^nd – Barbershop Training, Headliner’s Barbershop, Burlington – 2 barbers
March 27^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Pee Wee Tonsorial, Camden – 15 people

Fourth Quarter: 306 men/people participated in the events below. 52 barbers were educated during the talk & trims and are not calculated into the total. 30 men were screened.

April 8^th – Talk & Trim, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton – 14 men
April 9^th – Talk & Trim, Zebulun Barber, Lakewood – 8 people
April 14^th – Talk & Trim, Eugene’s Barber Shop, Camden – 12 men
April 17^th – Talk & Trim, Hair Port, Trenton – 17 people
April 21^st – Talk & Trim, HeadLiner’s Barbershop, Lumberton – 5 men
April 23^rd – Talk & Trim, Rawl’s Unisex Barber Shop, Burlington – 12 men
April 29^th – Talk & Trim, Pee Wee’s Tonsorial Parlor, Camden – 16 people
April 30^th – Talk & Trim, Changes Barbershop, East Millstone – 10 men
May 1^st – Talk & Trim, Early Bird Barber Shop, Asbury Park – 15 men
May 6^th – Talk & Trim, Eddie’s Barber Shop, Asbury Park – 10 men
May 7^th – Talk & Trim, Heaven on Earth, Asbury Park – 9 men
May 8^th – Talk & Trim, Hair Club 2003 The Jump Off, Asbury Park – 12 men
May 13^th – Talk & Trim, Richard’s Hair & Beauty, Lawrenceville – 8 men
May 14^th – Talk & Trim, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset – 14 people
May 20^th – Talk & Trim, Golden Clippers, Asbury Park – 13 men
May 22^nd – Talk & Trim, Rays barber Shop, Trenton, 7 men
May 28^th – Talk & Trim, Magic Touch Hair, Asbury Park – 16 people
June 4^th – Talk & Trim, Pee Wee Tonsorial, Camden – 9 men
June 5^th – Talk & Trim, Changes Barbershop, East Millstone – 16 people
June 6^th – Talk & Trim, Hair-Works, Millville – 10 men
June 11^th – Talk & Trim, Perry’s Barbershop, Blackwood – 4 men
June 12^th – Cut Out Cancer, Classic Barber Shop, Pleasantville – 16 men
June 17^th – Talk & Trim, Hair-Works, Millville – 12 men
June 18^th – Talk & Trim, M & M Platinum, Willingboro – 19 men
June 19^th – Cut Out Cancer, Sir Jean’s World of Beauty, Asbury Park – 8 men
June 26^th – Cut Out Cancer, Sonny’s Barber Shop, Atlantic City – 23 men

Note: Some of the Atlantic County Cut Out Cancers participants (June 12^th and 26^th) have appointments to go to the clinic for screening on two dates (one in July and one in August). We will know how many were screened as a result after the clinic days. Information is not in yet.

Miscellaneous:

July 18^th – Agape Bible Church, Homeless & Low Income Health Event, Lakewood – 65 homeless, low income men
September 5^th – Agape Bible Church, Homeless & Low Income Health Event, Lakewood – 83 homeless, low income men
October 3^rd – Prostate 101, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood – 58 homeless, low income men
November 19^th – Prostate 101, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood – 55 homeless, low income men
January 16^th – Homeless & Low Income Health Event, Agape Bible Church, Lakewood – 59 people
March 25^th – Cut Out Cancer, Agape Bible Church Mercy Mission, Lakewood – 52 people

Goal: 2,000 People Reached through Health Fairs.

People who have been given information or spoken to at a health fair type of event. It is estimated that the coalition has had brief contact and supplied information to 2,827 people during the current grant year in this forum. 207 hands have been collected through the Hands of Hope Project for Tobacco Awareness.

Completed in the First Quarter (850):

August 4^th – National Night Out, Galloway, NJ – 150 people
August 8^th – Family Fun Night, Egg Harbor Township, NJ – 150 people
August 27^th – Ocean City Family Night, Ocean City, NJ – 100 people
September 3^rd – Multicultural Health Fair, Atlantic City, NJ – 200 people
September 12^th – Good Old Days, Somers Point, NJ – 50 people
September 12^th – Dean Randazzo Surf Competition, Margate, NJ – 50 people
September 28^th – Community Life Fair, Atlantic City, NJ – 150 people

Completed in the Second Quarter (913):

October 8^th – Employee Health Table, Borgata, Atlantic City – 75 people
October 8^th – Fall Fitness Festival, Greate Bay Fitness Center, Somers Point – 25 people
October 10^th – Women’s Awareness Table, Dress Barn, Atlantic City – 50 people
October 14^th – Health and Community Services Fair, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 175 people
October 23^rd – Breast Health Awareness, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 300 people
October 24^th – Pretty in Pink, Mount Zion, Pleasantville – 75 people
October 27^th – Table event, Mainland Fitness, Linwood – 5 people
October 27^th – Ocean City Employee’s Health Fair, The Pier, Ocean City – 93 people
November 19^th – Great American Smoke Out , Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 50 people (7COs)
December 2^nd & 3^rd – PTA Convention, Bally’s Casino, Atlantic City – 65 people

Completed in the 3rd Quarter (479):

January 15^th – Employee Health Fair, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 37 people/19 COs
March 7^th – Church Health Fair, Mission Point Church, Somers Point – 75 people
March 20^th – Pleasantville Cancer Initiative Gospel Concert, Pleasantville – 20 people
March 22^nd – NJCEED Foodbank Colorectal Cancer Campaign, Egg Harbor Township – 95 people
March 23^rd – Galloway Township Wellness Fair, Galloway Middle School, Galloway – 150 people/22 patches
March 26^th – NJCEED Foodbank Colorectal Cancer Campaign, Egg Harbor Township – 102 people

Completed in the 4th Quarter (585)

April 24^th – Bayfest, City of Somers Point, Somers Point – 250
May 4^th – New Jersey Governor’s Women’s Conference, Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City – 200 women
May 20^th – Girls Night Out at the Dress Barn, Dress Barn, Atlantic City – 25
June 10^th – Pleasantville Employee Health Fair, Pleasantville Recreation Center, Pleasantville – 50
June 26^th – Egg Harbor Township 300^th Anniversary, City Hall Park, Egg Harbor Township – 60

Goal: Increase Coalition Membership to include 5 Active Community Partners

New Members:

Fran Fox – Home Instead Seniors
Jennifer Stroby –SunriseSenior Living
Carol Hutchinson –LibertyHealth NewJersey
Terry Hagan – Senior Helpers
Maureen Deely –ShoreMemorialHospital
Krista Reale – AtlantiCare

ACHLC – Grant Year 2008/2009

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Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition

Grant Year: 2008-2009

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Public Event.

Breast Cancer Fashion Show

The Fashion Show is an annual event. It is focused on the African American population due to a higher morality rate in Breast Cancer.
This year a couple of things were different. It was in a new location because we have outgrown the old location. This year we added a little bit about other cancers, but it was still mostly breast.
Location: The Clarion
Date: April 25, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Target Audience: African American Women
350 women attended, predominately African American ** 28% increase!
Meal Provided: Lunch
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: education, lunch, fashions, prizes, give aways
Education: 10 myths of breast cancer by Anita Linton, the models also answered questions from the host and shared experiences regarding early detection, financial (CEED) and being an aware patient.
A pre/post test was completed. Follow up calls are also being made. A full evaluation report is being completed.

The Latest and Greatest in Oncology Care

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Professional Event.

The Latest and Greatest in Oncology Care

Location: The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (partnership)
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Time: 8:30am – 4:15pm
Target Audience: Professionals – Nurses and Social Workers.
Meal Provided: Brunch and Lunch
Cost of Event: $65 (Six Professional Credits for Social Workers, 6.5 for Nurses)
Speakers: Dr Jack Goldberg, Dr Meryawilda Colon, Eleanore Keefe, Susan Wilson
Topics: The Latest and Greatest in Medical Oncology – A Case Study, The Latest and Greatest in Oncology Mental Health – A Case Study, Working Together discussion groups, and Treating the Whole Patient.
43 participants
Separate evaluation report completed

Physician Conference – Palliative Care

Location: Harbor Pines Golf Course
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Time: 6:00pm Speaker at 7:00pm
Target Audience: Professionals – Physicians and APNs
Meal Provided: Dinner Buffet
Cost of the Event: Free
Speakers: Dr David Casarett, MD, MA
Topics: An evidence-based approach to effective palliative care and hospice discussions. And How to bill for Palliative Care and Hospice Services.
46 participants
Separate evaluation report completed.

Goal: Complete School Based Project

The Community Education Committee has developed a new teen health fair project for schools. It is a large complex project that is being taken to the schools. The committee wants to pilot it in a couple of schools this year and then potentially take it to more middle schools next year. The age targeted is 7^th and 8^th graders and would focus on a variety of health topics.

A Road to Good Health

Topics: Nutrition, Physical Exercise, Cancer Prevention, Heart Disease and Diabetes, and Mental Health
The first school was in Northfieldon February 6^th, 2009. 535 students were educated. The committee took over the physical education class for the 5^th, 6^th, 7^th & 8^th graders. Each class was divided in two. One group participated in a variety of physical exercises while the other group was given a quiz and split in four. Each mini group went to each of the topic tables to find the answers on the quiz. There were a variety of hands on items and discussion at the tables. The two large groups then switched so all the students got to participate on each side. The students turned in their quizzes for a chance to win prizes and the teachers were asked to do follow up projects. The school was very pleased and we learned some good things to tweak.
The second school was VikingAcademyin Atlantic Cityon June 3^rd, 2009. It was completed much the same way only it was for 7^th through 12^th graders. There were 100 students.

Goal: Complete 1 Healthy Lifestyle Event

The Healthy Lifestyle Committee put on the Five-A-Day Olympics this year on August 15, 2008. It featured Olympic style events with a fruit and veggie twist. It was a joint project with the Atlantic County Division of Public Health and it had a turn out of 124 participants representing 38 families. The event featured a variety of Olympic events with a fruit and veggie twist such as Grapefruit Shot-put and Veggie Basketball. There were individual events (two age groups), family events and tot games. There also were cooking demonstrations by Chef Mike, snacks (vegetable packs, fruit kabobs, popcorn, 100% juice water ice and water), trivia signs, balloon animals, medals and giveaways. The event was very easy going with people being able to visit and participate in different activities. It was full, but not overcrowded and the playground was also a nice addition. The event got a nice write up in a couple of papers and families enjoyed a free, fun event. A full evaluation is available and the county park has requested we do the event again.

Goal: State of New Jersey Cancer Awareness Youth Educator Badge.

The badge program has changed this year. Angela Bailey made up educational materials on nutrition, exercise, not smoking and sun safety. Children take a short ten question quiz on the materials and models available. After getting the ten questions they are given a certificate and badge. No information on the children is collected. They are just counted. This activity is offered as an activity for health fairs (especially in the schools) where we expect lots of children. The goal is to do 5 events this year. Five events were completed over the year with 98 patches given out.

8/9/08 – Family Fun Day, EHT – 33 patches
2/24/09 – Health Fair & Wellness Night,JordanRoadSchool, Somers Point – 15 patches
3/6/09 – Galloway Health Fair, Galloway Elementary, Galloway – 8 patches
3/28/09 – Girl Scout Patch Event,ShoreMemorialHospital, Somers Point – 14 patches
5/30/09 – Scouting out Nurses (Girl Scouts), Oncology Nursing Society, ACCC, Mays Landing – 28 patches

Goal: Barbershop Initiative.

The Barbershop Program continued this year. Anita Linton far exceeded last year’s goals. This year the goals are to educate 50 barbers in the Southern half of New Jersey(11 counties), to have the program in all eleven counties and to screen 40 people as a result of the program.

Final Numbers: 54 barbers have been trained. The program is in nine of eleven counties (all butSalemandCape MayCounty). 51 men have been screened for prostate cancer. The 51 men are men that have been screened at screening events. We do not know how many men have been screened as a result of the program, but we do assume additional men are getting screened using either private insurance or the CEED program.

As of the first quarter 21 barbers have been trained (Woodbury 7, Mercer 6,Burlington5,Somerset3), the program is in a majority of the counties in the Southern region, and there is no information on the number screened.

During the second quarter 23 barbers have been trained (Mercer 13,Burlington8, Atlantic 2), the program is in a majority of the counties in the Southern region, and 28 men have been screened.

During the third quarter 7 barbers have been trained (Ocean 1, Camden 1, Somerset 3, Monmouth 2), the program is in all Southern Counties except Salem County and Cape May County, and no men were screened.

During the fourth quarter 3 barbers have been trained (Camden 3), the program is in all Southern Counties except Salem County and Cape May County, and 23 men have been screened.

Barbershop Programs:

3 barbers were trained during September. 22 men participated in the events below:

September 15^th – Barbershop Program, Cut Out Cancer, Capital Cuts Hair Studio, Somerville
September 15^th – Barbershop Program, Cut Out Cancer,SomersetPlaza Shop,Somerset
September 24^th – Barbershop Program, Cut Out Cancer, Vito’s Head Shoppe,Somerset

13 barbers were trained during October. 15 men participated in the events below:

October 15^th – Barbershop Program, Cut Out Cancer, Diddy Bop Hair,Trenton
October 17^th – Barbershop Program, Cut Out Cancer, Agape Barber,Ewing

8 barbers were trained during November. 12 men participated in the event below:

November 1^st – Barbershop Program, Cut Out Cancer, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton

2 barbers were trained during December. There were no events during the month.

7 barbers were trained during March. 85 men participated in the events below:

March 12^th – Barbershop Program, R&C Barber Shop, Camden
March 14^th – Barbershop Program, Talk & Trim Prostate Education Session, Zebulun Barber Shop, Lakewood
March 19^th – Barbershop Program, Talk & Trim Prostate Education Session, R&C Barbershop, Camden
March 20^th – Barbershop Program, Talk & Trim Prostate Education Session, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop
March 24^th – Barbershop Program, Talk & Train Prostate Education Session, Changes Barbershop, Millstone

3 barbers were trained during April. 92 people were educated in the events below:

April 3^rd – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Rawls Unisex,Burlington
April 6^th – Barber Training,Eugene’s Barber Shop,Camden
April 9^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session,Eugene’s Barber Shop,Camden
April 15^th – Talk & Trim Prostrate Session, Beauty & the Beast,Trenton
April 24^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, HeadLiner’s Barbershop, Lumberton
May 1^st – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, HeadLiner’s Barbershop, Holly Center, Lumberton
May 6^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Somerset Plaza Unisex Shop, Somerset
May 12^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Changes Barbershop, East Millstone
May 15^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton
May 20^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Rawls Unisex Barber Shop, Burlington
May 27^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Zebulon Barber Shop, Lakewood
May 30^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Eugene’s Barber Shop, Camden
June 9^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Education Session, HeadLiner’s Barbershop, Holly Center, Lumberton
June 11^th – Nutrition for Cancer Survivors “What’s on Your Plate?”, Mercer County Prostate Support Group, Mercer
June 13^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, Beauty & the Beast, Trenton
June 17^th – Talk & Trim Prostate Session, RC Barbershop, Camden
June 23^rd – Barbershop Presentation, Monmouth County Prostate Support Group, Red Bank
June 26^th – Importance of Prostate Cancer Education & Screening, Mt Zion AME Church, Trenton

No barbers were trained during May. 120 men were educated in the events below:

No barbers were trained during June. 123 men were educated and 23 men were screened in the events below:

Miscellaneous:

July 23^rd – Health Fair,PrincetonSeniorCenter – 80 people
August 13^th – Health Fair , Hillsborough – 200 people
August 16^th – Health Expo,Plainfield – 350 people
September 22^nd – Prostate Education Workshop,CalvaryBaptistChurch, Patterson – 23 men
January 24^th – Men’s Retreat,ImmanuelBibleChurch,OceanCounty – 66
March 7^th – Homeless & Low Income Health Event, Prostate 101, Lakewood – 86
March 21^st – Men’s Health Initiative,Asbury ParkFirstBaptistChurch – 51
May 23^rd – Homeless & Low Income Health Event,Lakewood – 78
June 27^th – Homeless & Low Income Health Event, Lakewood – 79

Goal: 1,000 People Educated in various Programs.

Programs in which people attended a lecture, seminar, educational piece of some kind. 2,418 people have been educated on varies topics. A majority of times they participated with a pre/post test.

Completed in the First Quarter (334):

July 16^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party,PogachefeskySeniorCenter,Atlantic City – 32 women
July 18^th – American Cancer Society Advocacy Event,Smithville,NJ – 30 people
July 23^rd – Advocacy – Talk to the Legislature,Northfield, NJ – 1 Senator
July 30^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party,BrigantineSeniorCenter – 14 women
August 9^th – Family Fun Day, EHT – 33 children participated in the patch program
August 12^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party –EggHarborCitySeniorCenter – 17 women
August 15^th – Five-A-Day Olympics,AtlanticCountyPark at Estelle Manor – 124 participants
August 19^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party, Louise Basille Senior Center, Buena – 21 women
August 19^th – Advocacy-Talk to the Legislature, Northfield – 1 Assemblyman and 1 employee
September 4^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party, EHT Senior Center – 40 women
September 10^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party, Dr Arthur Leinweber Senior Center,Northfield – 20 women
September 22^nd–24^th – Advocacy-Talk to the Legislature,WashingtonDC – 1 Senator

Completed in the Second Quarter (361):

October 10^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Presentation, Oasis,Atlantic City – 19
October 14^th – Friend to Friend Party, Borgata Casino,Atlantic City – 42
October 22^nd – Breast Health Presentation, Atlantic City Health Department – 50
October 29^th – Friend To Friend Party, AtlanticCountyDivision of Public Health Clinic – 14
November 4^th – Tobacco Dependence Treatment Group, John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 19
November 7^th – The Latest & Greatest in Oncology Care, Carnegie Library, Stockton College, Atlantic City – 43
November 8^th – Shore Memorial Hospital Out Patient Open House (QuitCenter), Egg Harbor Township – 20
November 8^th – Advocacy Legislative Summit, Washington DC – 50
November 15^th – Cancer Prevention Presentation, Seashore Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pleasantville – 20 teens, 20 adults
November 19^th – Friend to Friend Party, Atlantic Adult Day Care, Northfield – 25
November 19^th – Smoking Cessation Lunch & Learn, Stockton College – 5
December 10^th – Friend to Friend Party, Jeffries Towers, Atlantic City – 8
December 11^th – Friend to Friend Party, Hammonton Senior Center, Hammonton – 6
December 11^th – Learning About Healthy Living (QuitCenter), Oasis, Hammonton – 20

Completed in the Third Quarter (1,014):

January 7^th – Making a Healthier You, Laughter and Healthy Lifestyle, WHEMCO Senior Group, Mays Landing – 23
January 20^th – Making a Healthier You, Cancer Prevention 101, Buena Senior Center – 21
January 21^st – Making a Healthier You, Cancer Prevention 101, Brigantine Senior Center – 12
January 22^nd – Making a Healthier You, Cancer Prevention 101, Egg Harbor City Senior Center – 17
January 22^nd – Komen FTF Party, Woodview Estates, Mays Landing – 15
January 26^th – Making a Healthier You, Cancer Prevention 101, Jeffries Towers Senior Center, Atlantic City – 21
January 29^th – Making a Healthier You, Cancer Prevention 101, Hammonton Senior Center – 21
February 6^th – The Road to Good Health Teen Expo, Northfield Middle School – 535
February 11^th – Komen FTF Party, Fairways, Mays Landing – 24
February 18^th – Making a Healthier You, Emergency Preparedness, Margate Senior Center – 1
February 19^th – Making a Healthier You, Aging with Dignity, Egg Harbor Senior Center – 22
February 20^th – Testicular Self Exams, Buena High School – 86
February 24^th – Health Fair and Wellness Night, Jordan Roads School, Somers Point – 15 students for the patch
February 25^th – Making a Healthier You, Aging with Dignity, Brigantine Senior Center – 18
February 26^th – Making a Healthier You, Aging with Dignity, Hammonton Senior Center – 15
March 4^th – Making a Healthier You, Cancer Prevention 101, WHEMCO – Mays Landing – 14
March 6^th – Galloway Health Fair/Patch Program – 8 student patches
March 18^th – Making a Healthier You, Aging with Dignity, Herman Pogachefsky Center, Atlantic City – 35
March 22^nd – Komen FTF Party, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 15
March 23^rd – Making a Healthier You Workshop Series, Aging with Dignity, Buena Senior Center – 19
March 25^th – Making a Healthier You, Aging with Dignity, Jeffries Towers, Atlantic City – 13
March 26^th – CEED/ACHLC Presentation, ACUA, Egg Harbor Township – 10
March 28^th – Girl Scout Patch Event, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 14 scouts
March 28^th – Komen FTF Party, Western Atlantic County – 1
March 30^th12:00pm – Komen FTF Party, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 19
March 30^th 12:45pm – Komen FTF Party, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 10
March 31^st – Komen FTF Party, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 10

Completed in the Fourth Quarter (709):

April 14^th – Workshop Series, Aging with Dignity, Leinweber Senior Center, Northfield – 28 seniors
April 25^th – Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivors’ Fashion Show, Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, Egg Harbor Township – 350 women (mostly AA)
April 26^th – ACUA Earth Day, ACUA, Egg Harbor Township – 18 patches
May 7^th – Palliative Care Physician’s Conference, Harbor Pines, Egg Harbor Township – 46
May 7^th – Friend to Friend, Masonic Lodge, Ocean City – 12 women
May 14^th – Workshop Series, Cancer Prevention 101, Leinweber Senior Center, Northfield – 35 seniors
May 29th – American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life – Advocacy, ChestnutBranchPark, Gloucester– 50
May 30^th – Scouting Out Nurses, ACCC, Mays Landing – 38 patches, 20 adults
June 3^rd – The Road to Good Health Teen Expo, Viking Academy, Atlantic City – 100
June 10^th – Treatment Seminar, Jewish Family Services Wellness Conference (Pieces of Hope), Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona – 12
June 13^th – American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life – Advocacy/team, Egg Harbor Township – 50
June 26^th – American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life – Advocacy, Ocean City – 50

Goal: 2,000 People Reached through Health Fairs.

People who have been given information or spoken to at a health fair type of event. It is estimated that the coalition has had brief contact and supplied information to 3,129 people over the past grant year in this forum.

Completed in the First Quarter (882):

August 2^nd – Melanoma Education,VentnorBeach – 85 people

August 5^th – National Night Out, Pleasantville – 400 people
August 9^th – Family Fun Day, EHT – 300 people
September 4^th – Multicultural Health Fair, Atlantic City Library – 75 people
September 17^th – Atlantic County Health Department Multicultural Health Clinic – 22 people

Completed in the Second Quarter (327):

October 10^th – Multicultural Health Fair, Atlantic Adult Day Care,Northfield – 60

October 30^th – Family Fun Night,MarshSchool, Absecon – 100 (60 were children)
November 12^th – Great American Smoke Out Employee Information Table, SMH (QuitCenter) – 72
November 18^th – Great American Smoke Out Table, Borgata Casino, Atlantic City – 42
November 22^nd – Lungevity Walk, Ventnor Boardwalk – 20
December 4^th – Shore Memorial Hospital Employee Health Fair, SMH, Somers Point – 33

Completed in the Third Quarter (228):

February 5^th – Heart Day Health Fair, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point – 53
February 24^th – Health Fair and Wellness Night, Jordan Roads School, Somers Point – 45
February 27^th – Heart and Soul Luncheon, Tropicana, Atlantic City – 25
March 6^th – Galloway Health Fair/Patch Program – 40
March 11^th – Screen for Life, EHT Foodbank – 65 families

Completed in the Fourth Quarter (1,692):

April 1^st – Buena Vista Community Health Fair, Buena Vista Township – 50
April 25^th – Bayfest, Somers Point Strip, Somers Point – 401
April 26^th – ACUA Earth Day, ACUA,EggHarborTownship – 400 people
April 29^th – Shore Memorial Hospital Annual Women’s Conference, Greate Bay Country Club, Somers Point – 143
May 7^th – Health Fair, Four Seasons at Smithville, Galloway – 100 seniors
May 12^th – New Jersey Governor’s Women’s Conference, Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City – 500 women
May 14^th – Egg Harbor Township Middle School Health & Fitness Fair, EHT – 50
June 3^rd – Pleasantville Employee Health Fair, Pleasantville – 48

Goal: Increase Coalition Membership to include 5 Active Community Partners

This is an ongoing project to increase and improve the membership of the coalition. The coalition is looking for active members; meaning people who are highly involved rather than simply a member. All of the new members below are on a committee. Many which are on the Palliative Care Committee. The Palliative Care Committee has become our largest committee.

New Members:

Lisa Walker – Fox Rehabilitation
Terre Mirsch – Holy Redeemer
Tara Petrowski – Heartland Hospice
Samantha Kiley – AtlantiCare
Lynn Piccoli – Holy Redeemer
Susan Booksha – AtlantiCare
Jennie Formiglio – Home Instead Senior

ACHLC – Grant Year 2007/2008

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Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition

Grant Year: 2007-2008

Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fashion Show

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Public Event.

Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fashion Show

Location: Wash’s Inn
Date: May 3, 2008
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Target Audience: African American Women
Meal Provided: Lunch
Cost of Event: Free
Activities: theatre production or “Where’s Shirley?”, lunch, fashions, prizes, give aways
Attendance: 250 people with 95% being African American

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Professional Event.

The Continuum of Cancer Care

The Continuum of Cancer Care: Strengthening the Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Cancer Care

Location: The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (partnership)
Date: Friday, November 2, 2007
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Target Audience: Professionals – Nurses, Doctors, and Social Workers. (75)
Meal Provided: Brunch and Lunch
Cost of Event: $65 (Six Professional Credits)
Speaker: Multiple Speakers – Dr. Generosa Grana, Dr. Stephen Goldfine, Peg Knight, Lisa Aiello-Laws, Kristen Fessle, Cathy Sutman, Stephanie Hand-Kowchak, Janice Boehler, Petie Subin, Marge Scanny, Russ Carlson, Joan Morey and Nancy McKinney
Activities: Welcome, Monologue, Moderator/Panel/Audience Discussion Period, Local Resource Tables, and three Breakout Groups (1: Cancer Survivorship, 2: New Cancer Treatments, Clinical Trials, Genetics, 3: Palliative Care, Hospice, Bereavement)
Attendance: 54 people

Goal: Komen Friend to Friend Breast Health Project.

The Komen Friend to Friend Breast Health Project is an additional grant to educate women in low income housing areas inAtlantic City, Pleasantville,EggHarborCityand Buena. These intimate parties are designed to teach women about the importance of a mammogram and to encourage and help them get a mammogram. The goal is to have 27 parties which will educate 500 women and generate 150 mammograms.

The grant was extended and the project will be continued into next year. There are seven parties currently scheduled for the July, August and September.

Komen Friend to Friend Events (93 women)

September 18^th – Pleasantville Housing Authority – 10 women
October 9^th –New York Avenue – 29 women
October 11^th –BalticPlaza – 16 women
November 7^th – Harbor City Apartments – 1 woman
November 19^th –LouiseBasileCommunity Center – 9 women
January 16^th – Brigantine Apartments – 2 women
January 18^th – Atlantic City Townhouse – 20 women
January 23^rd – Harbor City Apartments – 3 women
February 4^th – 3 women

Goal: Barbershop Initiative.

The Barbershop Program is a project in which local barbers are recruited to help encourage African American men to get screened for Prostate Cancer. Additional monies were applied for and received to extend theAtlanticCountyplan to include all ofSouthern New Jersey. Anita Linton was contracted with to work on the project. She has worked with several CEED agencies and has begun to build relationships to recruit barbers. Anita has had multiple Barber Trainings in which 26 barbers were trained including 17 inAtlanticCounty. The goal was to get 5 barbers in Southern New Jersey including 2 inAtlanticCountyto participate before the end of the grant year. Anita far out performed the goal and will be continuing with the project throughout the next grant year.

Goal: State of New Jersey Cancer Awareness Youth Educator Badge.

The youth educator badge project has been given to the Southern Girl Scouts Region. Stephanie Fowle introduced the badge to the troop leaders in January. The program was introduced to the Medical Explorers atShoreMemorialHospitalto generate interest as a project for the group on February 6, 2008. It was also offered to 4H, but not much has come from that contact. The goal was to get 3 organizations to offer the badge. Next year we are going to take a different approach by offering a badge completion program at health fairs. The first will be on August 9, 2008.

Goal: 3,000 People Educated in various Projects/Events (4,137 Total People)

Completed Events for the Fourth Quarter (2,579 people)

April 2008

April 2^nd – Buena Vista Senior Health Fair – 50 people
April 2^nd – Pleasantville Cancer Initiative Kickoff – 69 people
April 10^th – Jordan Road School Health Fair, Somers Point – 29 people
April 16^th – Breast Cancer & You Library Event, Hammonton – 4 attendees
April 16^th – Senior Health Fair, Mays Landing – 50 people
April 23^rd – Women’s Conference, Somers Point – 67 people
April 24^th – Borgata Employee Health Fair – 160 people
April 26^th – Bayfest, Somers Point – 139 people
April 26^th – Men’s Health Summit – 33 men
April 30^th – Kut-Away Barber Shop Training,Trenton – 12 men

May 2008

May 2^nd – Ocean City Health Awareness Day – 30 people
May 3^rd – Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fashion Show – 250 women
May 9^th – Governor’s Task Force Summit (Marge Scanny Presented), Manalapan – 150 attendees
May 10^th – Prostate 101, Mount Calvert Health Expo, Hightstown – 200 people
May 14^th – Palliative Care and Advanced Directives Library Event, Mays Landing – 1 person
May 14^th – Legislative Forum at Gilda’s, Somers Point – 45 people
May 21^st – Quit Center Presentation at John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 65 people
May 29^th – SCOSA (successful aging festival) at Stockton, Pomona – 200 people
May 31^st – Survivor’s Day at SMH, Somers Point – 25 people

June 2008

June 4^th – Pleasantville Employee Health Fair – 50 people
June 11^th – Hilton Casino Health Fair,Atlantic City – 200 people
June 12^th – Resorts Casino Health Fair,Atlantic City – 200 people
June 13^th – Elk’s Club Convention, EHT – 227 men
June 12^th & 18^th – Individual Barber Shop Training, AC and Pleasantville – 17 barbers
June 17^th – Skin Cancer Awareness,Atlantic City – 200 people
June 21^st – Relay for Life Table, EHT – 50 people
June 22^nd – RNS Run Table,Atlantic City – 20 people
June 24^th – Connecticut Cancer Plan Summit – 20 professionals
June 29^th – Cut Out Cancer,BurlingtonCounty – 16 men

Completed Events for the Third Quarter (431 people)

January 2008

January 10^th – Kiwanis Club Presentation – 50 people
January 11^th – Shore Memorial Hospital Health Fair – 100 people
January 26^th – American Cancer Society Ambassadors – 50 people

February 2008

February 6^th – Medical Explorers – 30 people

March 2008

March 3^rd – Shore Mall Walkers – 18 people
March 5^th – Governor’s Women’s Conference (table event) – 145 people stopped at the table
March 25^th – Senate Budget Hearing – 10 state senators
March 31^st – Cancer Prevention 101 at ARC – 28 people

Completed Events for the Second Quarter (627 people):

October 2007

October 1^st – Margate Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 25 people
October 11^th – Borgata Casino – Breast Health Information – 97 people
October 14^th –UnionBaptistTemple – Church Health Table – Breast, Cervical, Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Information – 55 people
October 15^th – Atlantic City Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 50 people
October 22^nd – Pleasantville Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 45 people
October 24^th –OceanCityHigh School (Table) – Ocean City Community Night – Variety of Cancer Information – 80 people
October 29^th – Somers Point Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 50 people

November 2007

November 3^rd – Every Breath Counts Lung Walk – Table at the walk – Lung Cancer and Smoking Cessation – 200 people
November 8^th –Richland Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 25 people

Completed Events for the First Quarter (500 people):

August 2007

August 3^rd – Surf Game Table – Prostate Awareness Night – Prostate and Melanoma Information – 250 people

September 2007

September 5^th – Atlantic City Minority Health Event – Table at the Atlantic City Health Fair in the Library (generally underserved population) – 80 people
September 8^th – Dunamis Ministries – General Cancer Information – 40 people
September 12^th – Prostate Lunch and Learn at Borgata Casino – 55 people
September 15^th – Lecture at LINKS Inc – Screening Guidelines – 35 people
September 18^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party at the Pleasantville Housing Authority – Breast Health Information – 25 people
September 29^th – Fall Tea atShoreMemorialHospital – Mammography – 15 people

Other Projects on the Agenda

2007/2008 Melanoma School Project – The curriculum was developed by Dee McNealy Greene from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Joanne Kinsey agreed to help the finished curriculum into the school districts.
AtlanticCountyLibrary Project – This new project was completed between March – June 2008. It featured 11 outreach events throughout the county library system to educate the public on a variety of cancer topics in the New Jersey Comprehensive Control Plan. We had a dismal turn out. A formal report will be drafted on the project.
Palliative Care Outreach Plan – This plan has been developed and will include outreach events to the 55+ communities and local workplaces, participate in the Atlantic County Library Project and a professional event for physician (partnership withCape MayRegionalMedicalCenter’s Palliative Care Committee).
Pleasantville Urban Initiative (ACS) – The kickoff was April 2, 2008. Projects are beginning to be developed and progress in starting to move forward.

Goal: Increase Coalition Membership to include 5 Active Community Partners

New Members:

Kim Archie – American Cancer Society
Joanne Kinsey – AtlanticCountyRutgersExtension
Dr. Adonis Alejandro – Living Well
Barbara Doell – ARC
Stephanie Bordonaro –ShoreMemorialHospitalQuit Center
Cassandra Shellhorn – AtlantiCare

Minutes – November 8, 2007

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On behalf of the coalition and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Cancer Control and Prevention, we would like to thank all of those who attended this meeting. If you know anyone who may be interested in participating please contact Angela Bailey at abailey@shorememorial.org.

Introductions and Welcoming

All attendees were asked to give their name and the agency they represent.

Review of September 24, 2007 Meeting Minutes

There was a motion by Christa Sawyer to approve the minutes from the September 24, 2007 meeting. It was seconded by Ben Mount.

Coalition Membership List

Coalition members were asked to check the coalition membership list to make sure their information was correct.

Stakeholder Assessment

Stakeholder Assessment Sheets were handed out to the coalition. These sheets are required by the state to be completed once a year for evaluation purposes. All members are asked to fill one out and return it to Angela Bailey.

Committee Activities

Members were encouraged to participate in a committee. The committees are where the activities are planned and organized.

Community Education Committee – Looking for a chairperson for this committee!!

This committee is newly forming and is going to get together to determine what their event is going to be this grant year. Several ideas are on the table.

Next Meeting: November 28, 2007 @ 9:00am @ Shore Memorial Hospital Cancer Center

Professional Education Committee – Chairperson: Erin McAllister

The Continuum of Cancer Care: Strengthening the Multidisciplinary Approach to Cancer Care – November 2, 2007. This event went very well. The committee did an excellent job and truly worked together as a team. Thank you PEC!

Next Meeting: November 14, 2007 @ 1:00pm @ Gilda’s Club South Jersey to review the event while the ideas are fresh.

The committee will take a break after the next meeting until next year.

Palliative Care Committee – Chairperson: Lisa Aiello-Laws

This committee is going to outreach to the community about palliative care. The following activities are being planned:

Professional physician education joint with CRMC’s palliative care committee.

Educational workshops to the 55+ communities.

Poster Presentation to ELNEC.

Presentation to the Coalition Coordinator’s at the state meeting in January 2008.

November 29^th meeting cancelled. Rescheduled for December 6^th @ 8:30am @ Cape Regional Medical Center.

Healthy Lifestyle Committee – Chairperson: Ben Mount

This committee is coming together with a new chair person.

Ben Mount gave a presentation today regarding the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). Information on the presentation should be directed to Ben Mount at mount_ben@aclink.org.

The committee came together briefly after the coalition meeting to pick a date to meet and discuss some ideas.

They will meet on December 11, 2007 @ 8:30am @ Shore Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, Patient Family Room.

Lastly the group discussed meetings for the next year. Angela Bailey is gathering everyone’s input and will email the dates for next year shortly.

Participants in Attendance:

Angela Bailey -Shore Memorial Hospital- ACHLC

Ben Mount – Atlantic County Divisiono f Public Health

Bonnie Shrader -Shore Memorial Hospital– Wellness

Christa Sawyer -Oceania

Diane Ott – Atlantic Adult Day

Dr Adonis Alejandro – Living Well Holistic Center

Erin McAllister – Gilda’s Club South Jersey

Kim Archie – American Cancer Society

Lisa Boccabella -Shore Memorial Hospital– Wellness

Marge Scanny -Shore Memorial Hospital–Cancer Center

NancyMay -Shore Memorial Hospital– Social Work

Stephanie Harmon -Atlantic City Housing Authority

The Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services’ Office of Cancer Control and Prevention. The mission statement of the Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition is to implement the New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan in AtlanticCounty. For more information on Comprehensive Cancer Control, please visit: www.njcancer.gov.

Minutes – September 24, 2007

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Introductions and Welcoming

All attendees were asked to give their name and the agency they represent.

Review of May 8, 2007 Meeting Minutes

There was a motion by Lisa Boccabella to approve the minutes from the May 8, 2007 meeting. It was seconded by Erin McAllister.

Events

Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivors’ Fashion Show

May 19, 2007

This event was directed toward African American women. It featured Teresa Berry from NBC 40 as the host, Doreleena Sammons-Posey (NJCEED) as the speaker, a sit down lunch featuring the specialties of the house, a fashion show modeled by breast cancer survivors, hand massage, makeup application, shining star award, and prizes and giveaways. The event was well attended and greatly liked. The focus was to encourage screening.

Men’s Health Expo

June 2, 2007

This event was directed toward men to learn about the importance of prostate cancer screening, as well as other health issues. It featured a main speaker, panel speakers, a full breakfast buffet, premier health tables and prizes and giveaways.

Speaker participants were: Charles E Myers, MD from Foundation for Cancer Research and Education; Arnold M Baskies, MD, FACS from the New Jersey Governor’s Task Force Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment; Michael J Ginieczki, MD, FICS from Shore Memorial Hospital; Betty Gallo from the Dean & Betty Gallo Prostate Center at CINJ; and Charles & Lee Kearny, a cancer survivor and his wife.

Are You Ready for Summer? Skin Cancer and Melanoma Medical Lecture

June 13, 2007

The speaker was Gerald W Stroup, PA-C from Connolly Skin Care. Varies types of skin cancer and sun safety methods were reviewed. He brought some excellent giveaways and was very entertaining. Everyone who attended learned something.

Committee Activities

Each year, at the close of the grant we take a look at the progress and evaluate how the coalition is doing. At the end of this year, both the breast and prostate committee completed their projects. It is a good time to evaluate the committees projects and make adjustments. It is recommended that the topic cancer committees which work on public education join together and become the Community Education Committee. The Professional Community Education Committee is going to become the Professional Education Committee because they are focused on professional events. Palliative Care Committee will remain the same and the coalition is looking to develop the Healthy Lifestyle Committee. Any members that do not agree with these changes should contact Angela Bailey as soon as possible. Sign-up sheets were passed around for members to sign up for a committee.

Several projects are already taking place and several suggestions have been made. The following projects have been divided up into the appropriate committees. This does not mean the committee has to do the project, only it is where it has been placed as of now. The committee will ultimately decide which projects they want to work on and may also decide to work on something not listed below.

Community Education Committee – Looking for a chairperson for this committee!!

Komen Friend to Friend Project

Received the Komen Grant for 2007/2008

Goal: 27 Friend to Friend Parties with 500 women educated and 150 mammograms.

Hired: Claudia Prado

First Party: Pleasantville (10 women, 8 pledge cards)

Komen 211 Project

Mammograms free for women up to 300% of the poverty line.

Posters – Please take to hang.

Suzanne Hornbeck was introduced and spoke briefly about Komen.

Post Office

Carol Threatt

Promotion of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Breast Cancer Postage Stamp.

She is looking for volunteers to help host the tables

Dates:

October 1st –Margate

October 15th –Atlantic City

October 22nd – Pleasantville

October 29th – Somers Point

Barbershop Initiative

Additional Funding from CDC to enact this project for theSouth Jerseyarea.

The goal is to have one person working on the project full time and establish relationships with some barbers throughout the area.

The position is currently available and we are looking for a consultant to work on the project.

Youth Educator’s Badge

Statewide Program to educate children on cancer screening and CEED.

The program goes through organizations such as the Girl Scouts. The children complete the requirements and they get a patch.

Looking for someone to head up the program. Possibly the Medical Explorers.

Event for 2008

Focus: Men

Focus: Women

$3800 for breast cancer

Cancer Awareness Conference

Mini Theatre Promotion of “Where’s Shirley?”

Professional Education Committee – Chairperson: Erin McAllister

The Continuum of Cancer Care: Strengthening the Multidisciplinary Approach to Cancer Care

November 2, 2007

Professional Education Event with theRichardStocktonCollegeofNew Jersey.

Melanoma SchoolProject – Videos with a teaching curriculum.

Palliative Care Committee – Chairperson: Lisa Aiello-Laws

Completed the survey

Took a short break

Reconvening this Thursday

Planning events to educate on Palliative Care

Healthy Lifestyle Committee – Chairperson: Ben Mount

Committee topic fits with the MAPPS Agenda.

Library Series

Seven workshops at the libraries inAtlanticCounty.

Focus: Healthy lifestyle topics and the cancers from the New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan. There are seven cancers in the plan so there will be one workshop for each cancer.

Cooking Event

Pedometer giveaways

Additional Information

Pleasantville Urban Initiative

American Cancer Society initiative to address and eliminate the burden of cancer in a specific urban city.

Partnership with key leaders and organizations of the city.

Currently they are establishing a Leadership Council.

ACS Representative: Kim Archie

Any contacts you can give her in Pleasantville would be extremely helpful.

Future Scheduled Meetings:

Quarterly Coalition Meetings

Shore Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, June S Rulon Conference Room @ 10am

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Participants in Attendance:

Angela Bailey -ShoreMemorialHospital- ACHLC

Ben Mount – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Christa Sawyer -Oceania

Dana Levin – Living Well Holistic Center

Diane Ott – Atlantic Adult Day

Diane Ramftl – Donald Perry Foundation

Erin McAllister – Gilda’s Club South Jersey

Joanne Kinsey -RutgersCooperative Extension

Kim Archie – American Cancer Society

Kristen Mittleman – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Linnea Brown – ARMC

Lisa Boccabella -ShoreMemorialHospital– Wellness/Tobacco

Nicole Milan-Tyner – Gilda’s Club South Jersey

Robyn Boniewicz – AtlantiCare Women’s Health & Wellness

Todd Salerno – American Cancer Society

Minutes – May 8, 2007

Wed, 30 May 2007 21:25:53 +0000

Introductions and Welcoming

All attendees were asked to give their name and the agency they represent.

Review of February 7, 2007 Meeting Minutes

There was a motion by Stephen Katzen to approve the minutes from the February 7, 2007 meeting. It was seconded by Linda Kisby.

Committee Activities

Breast Cancer Committee

Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivors’ Fashion Show

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Good public sign-up so far, but there is still room.

Anyone who would like to volunteer to help the day of the event should sign up on the Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet.

Prostate Cancer Committee

Men’s Health Expo

Saturday, June 2, 2007

This event does not have a good sign-up at this time. If anyone can help distribute flyers or brochures it would be greatly appreciated. There are numerous brochures available.

An ad will be going into the Press of Atlantic City and the Current.

Anyone who would like to volunteer to help the day of the event should sign up on the Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet.

Professional Community Education Committee

Professional Education Event with TheRichardStocktonCollegeofNew Jersey

Friday, November 2, 2007

The Continuum of Cancer Care

“Strengthing the Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Cancer Care.”

Directed to nurses, physicians and social workers with 6 credits for the day.

Palliative Care Committee

Lisa Aiello-Laws, chairperson of the Palliative Care Committee gave a presentation about the palliative care committee and spoke specifically about the survey and poster that was designed. The poster was displayed for coalition viewing.

Past Event: “Aging with Dignity in Today’s Healthcare System” at Fairways in Mays Landing – March 7, 2007

Past Event: Poster Participation in the ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) Conference – March 22 & 23, 2007)

Future Event: 2 Day Seminar in May 2007. (May 9th & 16th) Joint effort with the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Committee is working on the conclusion of the survey.

Brainstorming Activity

Palliative Care Committee

This committee is looking to educate the public about Palliative Care. The coalition had a brainstorming activity in which members contributed ideas for locations to have information sessions. The ideas generated from the brainstorming activity are below:

AARP

Jewish Community Center

Health Clubs

Parent’s Night at Schools

Churches (Parish Nursing)

Service Clubs such as Kiwanis, Lions, Veteran’s Associations

Local 54/Casinos

Chamber of Commerce

Presentation to the County or other large Businesses

Large Businesses (county has a list) such as Press of Atlantic City, Colleges, Municipal Government, Viking with Ocean, South Jersey Gas, Electric Company

55+ Communities/Senior Facilities

Library System

The ideas from the brainstorming activity were excellent and we very much appreciate everyone’s input. If there are any additional ideas please feel free to contact Angela Bailey or Lisa Aiello-Laws (laiello@shorememorial.org).

Additional Information on Committees

Marge Scanny spoke about the CEED grant, as well as some of the information listed below.

Melanoma Lecture – June 13, 2007 @ 7pm

This was a last minute lecture that was put together. The physician’s office volunteered to present. There are flyers available. Any help to get the word out would be appreciated.

Komen Friend to Friend Project

Received the Komen Grant for 2007/2008

Goal: 27 Friend to Friend Parties with 500 women educated and 150 mammograms.

Melanoma Project

This project is still in progress. The curriculum is complete and we are looking into how to get it into the schools properly.

Youth Educator’s Badge

The project was formally presented at the coalition coordinators last meeting. All the information has now been received and we are now ready to get started on the project. The coalition is looking for a team leader for this particular project.

Additional Ideas

After the June events we will be reevaluating the activities for the last year, as well as the committee functions. This is an opportunity for all coalition members to think about the types of projects they would like to participate in and create for the public or professionals. Not every project must be cancer related and can be something that your organization is working on and may need help. Please think about ideas and bring them with you to the next meeting.

OCCP Report from Susan Sanna

OCCP Report

The second NJ Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan for the next five years (2008-2012) is currently under peer review. All the chapters have been reviewed and revised.

The new Plan will include Ovarian Cancer in a new “Gynecologic Cancer” chapter. In April 2007, Susan Bass Levin, Ovarian Cancer survivor and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, announced that Ovarian Cancer would be included in the second Plan at the Ovarian Cancer Fundraiser sponsored by the South Jersey Chapter of the National Ovarian Coalition. There were over 800 attendees at this event.

Also the “Emerging Trends” chapter will address thyroid, esophageal and endometrial cancers. Due to the Governor’s office July 2007. To be announced by the Governor’s office January 2008.

OCCP’s biennial Status Report to the Governor is being finalized. The Task Force has approved it and it has gone on to the Commissioner.

March 2007 the OCCP submitted its grant application to the CDC. This year’s CDC grant is competitive. Optional funding has been applied for prostate, colorectal, skin and ovarian. The first year funds applied for by OCCP to the CDC are $843,209 (beginning July 1, 2007). OCCP is awaiting approval of funds from CDC late May/June2007.

The CountyCapacityand Needs Assessment Fact Sheets have been printed and published in Spanish and have been disseminated to all the County Cancer Coalitions.

The County Capacityand Needs Assessments plan to be updated to coincide with the release of the new Plan.

The Full Capacity and Needs Assessment Report Summaries and Fact Sheets for each county are available for download on our website www.njcancer.gov

The OCCP is currently investigating securing an 800 public call in number.

Request for Applications have gone out to all 21 counties and it is another 3 year (multi-year) NJDHSS/OCCP health service grant to implement the NJ Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan at theCountyLevel. The grant begins July 1, 2007 at $65,000 per year.

OCCP is planning its First Annual Women’s Health Conference for Women in Business to be held Sept. 18, 2007.

OCCP is planning its First Annual Women’s Cancer Update for Primary Care providers and Advanced Practitioners Dinner to be held Sept. 25, 2007. CME’s to be offered.

Task Force Update

The Governor’s Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in NJ held its quarterly meeting May 7, 2007.

Task Force Standing Committee Updates

Evaluation has completed OCCP’s biennial Status Report to the Governor. It has gone to the Commissioner of NJDHSS for review.

Advocacy Ad Hoc is focusing on a number of legislative issues including Access to Care, funding for OCCP (2 million), improving Palliation and Pain Management in NJ (NJ rates scores a “D” ), Nutrition and Physical Activity (to have the Plan included in The Mayor’s Wellness Campaign for all 566 municipalities), Cancer Treatment for Colorectal and Prostate ($400,000), Tobacco Control 30 million (previously 30 million now cut to 11million, NY state has 85 million, CDC recommends at least 45 million), HPV Vaccine Insurance Coverage, funding for National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), and increased funding for NJ CEED (7 million). The ACS is planning a “Transportation/Access to Care Summit” for Spring 2008

Task Force Workgroup Updates

The Melanoma Workgroup held a free Melanoma Symposium April 19, 2007 for healthcare professionals at the Clarion Hotel inCherry Hill. Educational credits and contact hours were offered. It was sponsored by The Cooper Health System, Our Lady of Lourdes, The Melanoma Research Foundation and the southern NJ County Cancer Coalitions. The title was “Melanoma Update 2007” with 346 attendees. It was the largest CME offering Cooper has sponsored to date. Totally underwritten.

The Palliation Workgroup is holding a series of three regional conferences for northern, central, and southern NJ. Samaritan Hospice will be hosting the first one Nov. 2007 inCollingswood.Hackensack will be hosting the second conference Dec. 2007. The third conference will be hosted at CINJ in the Spring of 2008. Dates TBA.

The Childhood Cancer Workgroup is holding its second childhood cancer survivorship conference “Childhood Cancer: Negotiating the Present…Planning the Future” to be held May 18, 2007 at the Forsgate Country Club. This conference will offer education credits and is targeting survivors, the newly diagnosed and young adults. It is being underwritten by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation and the Valerie Fund. Registration is $15.00 per person. Tom Coughlin, coach of the NY Giants will be the guest speaker with two autographed footballs. CME’s will be offered. Totally underwritten.

The Colorectal Cancer Workgroup is holding its first Dialogue for Action “Coming Together to Conquer Colorectal Cancer in NJ: A Dialogue for Action”. This conference will be held June 28, 2007 at the Trenton Marriott. It is aimed at healthcare professionals and is sponsored by the NJDHSS/OCCP, ACS, and is a program of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation.

The Breast Cancer Workgroup is collaborating with the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Central and South Jersey and NJ CEED to promote the 211 “Reach Out for Life: Somebody Needs You” campaign. The goal is to reduce Stage 3 and Stage 4 breast cancers and to screen 1,000 women and educate 10,000 women about mammograms. It is targeting African-American women, fromHunterdonCounty southward (13 counties in all) that fall between 250.1%-300% of the poverty level, which is above NJ CEED’s cut off. African-American women have a lower incidence rate of breast cancer but are diagnosed at a later state and therefore have a higher mortality rate than Caucasian women. Using the 211 health information phone line, manned 24 hours by care managers, women are encouraged to call in to see if they qualify for a free screening mammography. Komen is planning a new media push to promote the 211 health information phone line.

The Cervical Workgroup has formed a NJDHSS position statement regarding the new HPV vaccine. Awaiting approval by the Deputy Commissioner. The statement speaks to education, not mandating.

The Nutrition and Physical Activity Workgroup is finalizing their Resource Guide. A DRAFT version has been produced. Also promoting the “5 A Day” campaign.

The Prostate Workgroup is continuing its work with Virgil Simons and the “Barbershop Program” initiative.

The Oral Cancer Workgroup is working with the NJ Dental Association on creating a Speakers Bureau of Dentists to join Coalitions, speak at events, and to offer free oral cancer screenings at health fairs.

The Lung Cancer Workgroup continues to work with the Advocacy Ad Hoc Committee on increasing funding for comprehensive tobacco control from 11 million currently back to the previous budgeted 30 million. They are also working on a conference with the NJ Hospital Association on smoke free campuses

Future Scheduled Meetings:

Quarterly Coalition Meetings

ShoreMemorial Hospital Cancer Center, June S Rulon Conference Room @ 10am

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Palliative Care Committee

Shore Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, Patient Family Room @ 9am

June 27, 2007 Please note this date has changed.

July 26, 2007

August 23, 2007

September 27, 2007

October 25, 2007

Professional/Community Education Committee

Gilda’s Club South Jersey @ 1:00pm

Monday, May 14, 2007

Participants in Attendance:

Angela Bailey -ShoreMemorialHospital- ACHLC

Ben Mount – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Kay Hadley – Holy Redeemer

Laurel Nuschke – Brendan Borek

Lina DeCrescenenzo – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Linda Kisby – AtlantiCare Hospice

Lisa Aiello-Laws -ShoreMemorialHospital–CancerCenter

Lisa Boccabella -ShoreMemorialHospital– Wellness/Tobacco

Marge Scanny -ShoreMemorialCancerCenter- NJ CEED

Marianne Herman – AtlantiCare – Palliative Care

Mary Jo Christiansen – Samaritan Hospice

Meg Lombard Edel – Samaritan Hospice

Nicole Milan-Tyner – Gilda’s Club South Jersey

Pat Diamond – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Rhonda Fitzgerald – Atlantic City Health Department

Steve Katzen -ShoreMemorialHospital– Tobacco Dependence Program

Sue Rush – Heartland Hospice

Susan Sanna – NJDHSS – OCCP

Todd Salerno – American Cancer Society

ACHLC – Grant Year 2006/2007

Sun, 20 May 2007 20:30:56 +0000

Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition

Grant Year: 2006-2007

The Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition was established in the fall of 2004 and is funded by the New JerseyDepartment of Health (NJDHSS) and Senior Services, Office of Cancer Control and Prevention. Each year we report the work of the coalition through progress reports to NJDHSS. In order to get this new website up and running quickly we are going to use the fourth quarter progress reports to showcase the work we have completed over the grant years for the past five years. Please see below for details of the 2006-2007 grant year.

Celebrating Women’s Femininity, a Breast Cancer Survivor Fashion Show

Goal: Complete 2 Cancer Related Events – Atlantic County by June 30, 2007.

Events

Celebrating Women’s Femininity, a Breast Cancer Survivor Fashion Show – May 19, 2007.

Target Audience: All women with emphasis on African American women. (200)
Meal Provided: Lunch
Speaker: Dorelenna Sammons-Posey
Award to be Given: Shinning Star Award
Activity: Fashion Show featuring fashions for survivors, Hand Massage, Make-up Application, Giveaways and Prizes.
The event went very well. There were 179 people there total with the target audience being approximately 75% of the group. Please see the in-depth report for full details

Are You Ready for the Summer? Skin Cancer and Melanoma Medical Lecture – June 13, 2007

Gerald W Stroup, PA-C is lectured to the public atShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter.
This event was small (5 people), but the speaker was very good.

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Event – Regional by June 30, 2007.

Events

Men’s Health Expo – June 2, 2007.
- Target Audience: All men with emphasis on men over 40. (200)
- Meal Provided: Buffet Breakfast
- Speaker: Dr Charles Myers
- Activity: Speaker, Panel, State Health Booths, Giveaways and Prizes
- The event went very well. There were 69 people there total. Please see the in-depth report for full details.

Goal: Complete 1 Cancer Related Project by June 30, 2007.

Projects

Palliative Care Committee Survey – Complete by June 30, 2007. This projects concept is:

A four series survey: Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Community and Physicians are being surveyed on palliative care knowledge. The physician’s survey is complete.
“Aging with Dignity in Today’s Healthcare System” Lecture was the first public outreach effort by the palliative care committee. It occurred on March 7, 2007 at the Fairways in Mays Landing. The palliative care committee presented palliative care information such as “What is Palliative Care”, “What is the difference between Hospice and Palliative Care”, and “Advanced Directives” to a community of 55 and over during their coffee hour. It was well attended and we have been invited back to discuss other topics. The group was very inquisitive and asked lots of questions. It was a great first effort. 52 people attended.
A poster presentation was also presented at the ELNEC Conference on March 22^nd & March 23^rdinAtlantic City,NJ. The poster focused on the survey project the palliative care committee is working on and information about their collaborative efforts. Approximately 200 professionals attended.
The palliative care committee presented on May 8, 2007 to the coalition as a whole.
The committee’s first professional event occurred on May 9^th & 16^th. It was a two day seminar for end of life issues. It was held jointly with the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and the Oncology Nursing Society. The conference went very well with 20 people in attendance.

2007/2008 – Melanoma School Project – This project is still ongoing.

A curriculum has been developed for a curriculum tool box for the local high school and middle schools. This will go out to the schools and include the DVD we were given last year. We held on to them until this year because the schools let out at the same week that we received the video. We are reaching out to the schools and hope to enact the full project during the next school year.

Goal: Increase Coalition Membership to include 20 Additional Community Partners by June 30, 2007. Emphasis on NJCEED Partnerships.

The coalition has revaluated the membership and has identified specific areas in which the coalition is lacking membership. Community (laypeople), survivors, educational and political people are missing from the coalition. The coalition will place an effort for a more active CEED committee to focus on CEED topics specifically.

Progress: We had two large events in the last quarter and did not increase the membership. This is the only objective that was not completed and we will continue to work on it during the next grant period.

Additional outreach events for the fourth quarter

Samaritan Hospice Lunch In-Service – ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter (Lecture and lunch event.) Wednesday, April 4, 2007 30 Participants

Men’s Head Start In-Service – Atlantic City, NJ Head Start (Health Education) Friday, May 4, 2007 35 Participants

Minutes – February 7, 2007

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:12:17 +0000

Introductions and Welcoming

All attendees were asked to give their name and the agency they represent.

Review of October 25, 2006 Meeting Minutes

There was a motion by Lisa Boccabella to approve the minutes from the October 25, 2006 meeting. It was seconded by Linda Duca.

Past Events

CEED Breast Cancer Screening – October 30, 2006

A variety of table type events occurred in October. The CEED Breast Cancer Screening was well attended with almost 30 women receiving a breast cancer screening at ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter. The women also received breast education and follow up care.

Lung Cancer Walk on Ventnor Boardwalk – November 18, 2006

Every Breath Counts: Walk for Lung Cancer Awareness was an Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) event the coalition participated in. It was well attended and produced a donation to Lungeveity and the South Jersey Cancer Fund. Over 10,000 dollars was raised in the honor of lung cancer awareness.

Resource Roundup – December 16, 2006

The coalition joined with Annie Valerio and the Foundations of Faith Health to put together a booklet of one page service information into a binder for her graduating congregation classes. Organizations also attended to explain and answer questions regarding their services. Annie wants to have two class sessions per year and would like to repeat this effort. If you have not included a one page description you can still do that. Contact Angela for more information.

Future Events

Palliative Care Committee

This committee is starting to educate the public regarding palliative care. “Aging with Dignity in Today’s Healthcare System” (March 7, 2007) at the Fairways inGallowaywas setup by Christa Sawyer. They are presenting to the community during a usual meeting.

Some committee members are also participating in the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Conference in March 2007 by presenting a poster.

A two day seminar in May 2007 will also be held for the professional as a joint effort between the coalition and the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

The committee is almost complete with their survey and are on the final phase. They will present at the next coalition meeting.

Colorectal and Clinical Trials Lectures – March 2007

There will be a lecture on colorectal cancer and a lecture on clinical trials in March atShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter. Some speakers are being approached, but if any members have some recommendations that would certainly be welcome. Look for more information to be forthcoming.

Breast Cancer Committee – Breast Event – May 19, 2007

The breast cancer committee is making progress on our upcoming event. Marketing materials should be given out to all coalition members shortly. Please distribute and help in anyway you can to get the word out. The goal is to get 200 women to come to the event.

Prostate Cancer Committee – Prostate Event – June 2, 2007

The prostate event is also building momentum. Marketing materials also will be completed and distributed soon. Please hand out, display, whatever you can do to get the information out. It is also our goal to get 200+ men to this event. Also if you have any sports celebrity contacts please help us in this area, as we were hoping to get someone to attend. This event also still needs a name so any ideas would be welcomed.

Future Projects

Melanoma Project

Angela Bailey reached out to Linda Duca to put together a melanoma education package for the schools. She is going to create a curriculum to go with the “Dark Side of the Sun” DVD we received. An evaluation will be included and the information will go out shortly.

Youth Educator’s Badge

This project began inGloucesterCountyand is a statewide initiative. It is a badge that can be earned after completing a variety of educational pieces. It is open to all types of youth organizations. The project will formally be presented to the coalition coordinators at the next meeting. Angela will know more then. Currently the coalition is looking for a project leader for the project. Any interested members or ideas for a person or group to head the project off would be appreciated.

Poster Project

Angela Bailey currently produces articles for the website each month. Generally the information is based on the “Awareness Topic” of the month. She is then going to take that information and create a poster that can be displayed in the hospital. This information will be forwarded to coalition members in which they may feel free to also make posters for their organization should they desire. A logo will be included and a place for the organizations logo will also be included. More information is to come.

ACHLC Brochures

A formal brochure needs to be drafted for the coalition. Any member that would like to be part of that process should contact Angela Bailey and their comments are welcomed.

Brainstorming Activity

Professional/Community Education Committee

This committee is looking to put on a Professional Education Classroom Series for the fall of 2007. The coalition had a brainstorming activity in which members contributed ideas for professional classes. This committee is meeting directly after the coalition meeting for any interested parties or members of the committee. The ideas generated from the brainstorming activity are below:

Emotional impact of family and cancer

Piece on kids/teens touched by cancer

Mental health with smoking cessation and treatment

Ethical issues with HPV/HPV in general

Long term issues with cancer survivorship

Palliative Care (Ethics – Hospice/Palliative Care)

Why prevented or not accessed

Patient Navigator through cancer experience

Diagnoses – Survivorship

Why important

Mental health

Underinsured

Elderly

New cancer treatment/clinical trials

Teach patients regarding lifestyle and cancer (cancer prevention)

Screening as well

I.e. Smoking in relationship to bladder cancer etc.

Workshop for Doctors – How to talk to your patient about chronic disease?

Special emphasis to surgeons.

Class directed towards the office and dealing with patients

Compassion/customer service

Model office with patient care

Miscellaneous

Healthy Lifestyle Events Committee

This committee is temporarily on hold. We are seeking a new chair and will get it going again late spring/early summer.

OCCP Report

Susan Sanna reported on some state topics. She spoke about the task force and the workgroups and what their projects included, advocacy issues and that the new plan is currently being written. She also informed the coalition thatNew Jerseywas chosen by the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) to be a model for implementation of the state plan on the local level.

NJCEED Report

Marge Scanny reported on the Komen Reach out for Life Program. This pilot program will screen women at the 251-300% of poverty level. Women can access the program by calling 211. She played a short video on the program and offered materials for coalition members to take with them.

Advocacy Report

Enclosed in the handouts for the meetings were American Cancer Society’s advocacy issues. They are looking for funding for a variety of programs such as OCCP, NJCEED and Tobacco Control.

Future Scheduled Meetings:

Quarterly Coalition Meetings

ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter, June S Rulon Conference Room @ 10am

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Palliative Care Committee

ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter, Patient Family Room @ 9am

February 22, 2007

April 19, 2007

June 28, 2007

July 26, 2007

August 23, 2007

September 27, 2007

October 25, 2007

Breast Cancer Committee

ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter, Patient Family Room @ 10:30am

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Prostate Cancer Committee

ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter, Patient Family Room @ 2pm

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Professional/Community Education Committee

ShoreMemorialHospitalCancerCenter, Patient Family Room @ 10am

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Participants in Attendance:

Adria Light – Jewish Family Services

Angela Bailey -ShoreMemorialHospital- ACHLC

Ben Mount – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Christine Gabielli -ShoreMemorialHospital– Social Services

Dee McNealy-Greene -RichardStocktonCollegeofNew Jersey

Erin McAllister – Gilda’s Club South Jersey

Jennifer Pielhau – Atlantic Prevention Resources

Kim Burns – Atlantic Prevention Resources – Rebel

Krista McKay – Alzheimer’s Association

Laurel Nuschke – Emmanuel Cancer Foundation

Linda Duca – AtlanticCountyDivisionof Public Health

Lisa Boccabella -ShoreMemorialHospital– Wellness/Tobacco

Marge Scanny -ShoreMemorialCancerCenter- NJ CEED

Nicole Milan-Tyner – Gilda’s Club South Jersey

Ottilie Parson – Compassionate Care Hospice

Stephanie Fowle – Girl Scouts ofSouth JerseyPines

Steve Katzen -ShoreMemorialHospital– Tobacco Dependence Program

Sue Rush – Heartland Hospice

Susan Sanna – NJDHSS – OCCP

Todd Salerno – American Cancer Society