Get Involved/Partnerships
Your involvement in a partnership is the key to increasing awareness and creating change in the community. Cancer prevention and treatment requires input and feedback from a lot of partners including:
- doctors
- public health personnel
- non-profit organizations
- insurance companies
- employers that sponsor health plans
- businesses
- cancer survivors
- government agencies
- colleges and universities
- advocates
- community members
The power of partnership is well demonstrated in the cancer collaboratives that exist across the state. The regional Cancer Control Collaboratives (CCCs) educate and empower communities by bringing together a strong group of partnering organizations and individuals.
Because each person brings a unique perspective to a collaborative, collaboratives without full involvement from professionals as well as community members may face difficulties in meeting the community's goals.
You are invited to learn more about cancer control activities in Florida and the role each one of us can play. This effort targets participants with or without a formal health background who have a personal interest in advancing the effort to control and prevent cancer.
Florida Screen for Life Public Policy and Promotion Advisory Group
You are invited to participate in the new Public Policy and Promotion Advisory Group of the Colorectal Cancer Control Program. For more information, go to the Public Policy and Promotion Advisory Group web page.
Get Involved in Florida's Comprehensive Cancer Control Activities
For more information about a specific regional collaborative, please visit:
Northwest Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
The Collaborative includes individuals from Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington counties.
North Central Florida Cancer Collaborative
The Collaborative includes individuals from Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Putnam, Sumter, Suwannee, and Union counties.
Southeast Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
The Collaborative includes individuals from Broward, Miami-Dade, Indian River, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie counties.
Southwest Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
The Collaborative includes individuals from Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota counties.
Cancer Stakeholder e-newsletter
In addition to visiting the collaboratives websites, community members, health care providers, and others that are interested in reducing the burden of cancer are invited to subscribe to the Cancer Stakeholder. Each e-newsletter includes the following sections: Department of Health Spotlight, Survivors' Corner, Tools and Resources, Cancer Events, Grant Opportunities, and Cancer News Articles.
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
To sign up for the Cancer Stakeholder e-newsletter, send an email to cancer@doh.state.fl.us
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