Colorectal Cancer Month

March 2016 Social Media Messages From the Iowa Cancer Consortium, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the American Cancer Society. Please use and share these messages freely, and encourage your network of contacts to do the same. Colorectal Cancer Month Facebook Posts Tweets Key facts about colorectal cancer in Iowa: Key facts about #colorectalcancer in Iowa: http://bit.ly/CRCFacts http://bit.ly/CRCFacts David McCluskey of West Des Moines talks about having colorectal Video: David McCluskey talks about #colorectalcancer & what cancer and what weighs heavy on his mind nine years out from his weighs on his mind 9 years out from his diagnosis. diagnosis. https://youtu.be/BGe5jrVSuY0 https://youtu.be/BGe5jrVSuY0 Only approximately 67% of Iowa adults over 50 are up to date with Only approx 67% of Iowa adults over 50 are up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening. More cancer could be prevented! #colorectalcancer screening. http://goo.gl/RrDxEm www.canceriowa.org /2014ColorectalCancerFactsandFigures.aspx March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Iowans are working March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Iowans are working to get 80% screened for colorectal cancer by 2018. http://bit.ly/80- to get 80% screened for #colorectalcancer by 2018. http://bit.ly/80- by-2018 by-2018 Join Governor Terry Branstad in raising awareness of colorectal On March 4th, Gov. @TerryBranstad will proclaim it to be cancer. The Governor will proclaim March to be Colorectal Cancer #ColorectalCancerMonth in Iowa! Awareness Month in Iowa at 9:10 a.m. on March 4th in the Governor’s formal office. Iowans have a 1 in 20 lifetime risk of being diagnosed with Iowans have a 1 in 20 lifetime risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. http://bit.ly/CRCFacts #colorectalcancer. http://bit.ly/CRCFacts Join Dr. Dorado Brooks, the American Cancer Society’s director of Dr. Dorado Brooks of @AmericanCancer presents free 1-hr. webinar prostate and colorectal cancers, for a free webinar: Improving on #colorectalcancer screening. #CME available. Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates and Quality. CME credit is http://goo.gl/UeRo97 available. This is the first in a cancer screening webinar series by the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians, the American Cancer Society, the Iowa Cancer Consortium, and the Iowa Department of Public Health. http://www.iaafp.org/en/education/cancer_screening_webinar_s eries/ This recently updated communications guidebook can help Iowa This guidebook can help Iowa orgs reach unscreened groups & organizations effectively reach unscreened groups and encourage encourage them to get screened: http://goo.gl/BPhWtd them to get screened: http://nccrt.org/wp-content/uploads/CRC- Communications-Guidebook-2016-FINAL-7mb.pdf Hispanics are one of the populations least likely to be screened for Hispanics are less likely than others to be screened for colorectal cancer. This guide can help reach Hispanic audiences with #colorectalcancer. Use this guide to help reach them: important screening information. http://nccrt.org/tools/80- http://goo.gl/bf4nRq percent-by-2018/hispanics-latinos-companion-guide/ The Iowa Department of Public Health and the American Cancer .@IAPublicHealth offers a free 1-hr online course to help IA’s health Society offer a free one-hour self-directed online course to help professionals increase cancer screening rates: Iowa’s health professionals increase colorectal (and other) cancer http://bit.ly/IACancerScreening screening rates in busy office practices. CEUs and CMEs available! http://bit.ly/IACancerScreening Iowa’s community organizations, employers, hospitals, insurers, and Many types of Iowa organizations play a role in getting 80% primary care providers all play a role in meeting the goal of getting screened for #colorectalcancer by 2018. http://bit.ly/80-by-2018 80% screened for colorectal cancer by 2018. Learn what these organizations can do at http://bit.ly/80-by-2018 What can employers do to increase colorectal cancer screening What can employers do to increase #colorectalcancer screening rates? http://nccrt.org/wp-content/uploads/14893-80_2018- rates? http://goo.gl/QcL2M1 #80by2018 EMPLOYERS-4-PAGER-11-10.pdf What can primary care doctors do to increase colorectal cancer What can primary care doctors do to increase #colorectalcancer screening rates? http://nccrt.org/wp-content/uploads/14893- screening rates? http://goo.gl/UJxZfa #80by2018 80_2018-PROVIDER-PHYS-4-PAGER-11-10.pdf What can hospitals do to increase colorectal cancer screening rates? What can hospitals do to increase #colorectalcancer screening

of 3 http://nccrt.org/wp-content/uploads/14893-80_2018-HOSPITALS- rates? http://goo.gl/P3uiLF #80by2018 4-PAGER-11-10.pdf What can insurers do to increase colorectal cancer screening rates? What can insurers do to increase #colorectalcancer screening rates? http://nccrt.org/wp-content/uploads/14893-80_2018-INSURERS- http://goo.gl/XIgTAm #80by2018 4-PAGER-11-10.pdf What can community organizations do to increase colorectal cancer What can community organizations do to increase #colorectalcancer screening rates? http://nccrt.org/wp-content/uploads/14893- screening rates? http://goo.gl/LXnkQo #80by2018 80_2018-COMMUNITY-4-PAGER-11-10.pdf What can survivors and families do to increase colorectal cancer What can survivors and families do to increase #colorectalcancer screening rates? http://nccrt.org/wp-content/plugins/download- screening rates? http://goo.gl/QTmmYs #80by2018 monitor/download.php?id=163

The following messages were adapted from the GW Cancer Institute’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Social Media Toolkit Facebook Posts Tweets There are several different ways to screen for polyps or colorectal There’s more than one way to screen for polyps or cancer. Colorectal cancer screening is recommended for men and #ColorectalCancer: http://goo.gl/Kk9NIM Talk to your doctor for women aged 50 and older. Talk to your doctor about which test is more info. right for you: http://goo.gl/Kk9NIM Leading a healthy lifestyle by limiting alcohol intake and keeping a Limiting alcohol intake & keeping a healthy weight may lower your healthy weight may lower your risk of colorectal cancer. Read more: risk of #ColorectalCancer. Read more: http://goo.gl/reSePQ http://goo.gl/reSePQ The National Cancer Institute's Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment .@the_NCI's #ColorectalCancer Risk Assessment Tool allows you to Tool may allow you to estimate the risk of colorectal cancer for estimate your risk for #colorectal #cancer: http://goo.gl/y6xp3X people over the age of 50. Calculate your risk and talk to your doctor for more information: http://goo.gl/y6xp3X Did you know? Blacks are more likely to get and die from colorectal Did you know? Blacks are more likely to get & die from cancer than any other race/ethnicity. Screening can help reduce #ColorectalCancer than any other race/ethnicity, but screening can disparities. Watch this short video to find out more: reduce your risk: https://goo.gl/QKLRrj https://goo.gl/QKLRrj Preventing colon cancer, or finding it early, doesn't have to be Preventing #ColonCancer or finding it early doesn't have to be expensive. There are simple, affordable tests available. Get expensive. There are simple, affordable tests available. Talk to your screened! Call your doctor today! doc! Did you know there are several ways to get screened for colorectal There are several ways to get screened for #ColorectalCancer, cancer, including a take-home option? Talk to your doctor about including simple takehome options. Talk to your doc about getting getting screened. screened. Getting screened for #ColorectalCancer doesn't have to break the Most insurance plans and #Medicare help pay for #ColorectalCancer bank! Most insurance plans and #Medicare help pay for screening for people aged 50 and older: http://goo.gl/IEkleJ #ColorectalCancer screening for people aged 50 and older. Find out more: http://goo.gl/IEkleJ Colonoscopy isn't the only way to get screened for colorectal Colonoscopy isn't the only way to get #ColorectalCancer screening. cancer. Your doctor can even give you a kit for you to take and use Read more about your options & talk to your doc: at home! Read more and talk to your doctor: http://goo.gl/meg17q http://goo.gl/meg17q Screening for colorectal cancer is recommended for men and Talking to your doctor about #ColorectalCancer screening can be women starting at age 50. Talking to your doctor can sometimes be daunting. Here are some questions to ask: http://goo.gl/a6jm4i daunting and confusing. Here is a brochure to help take charge of your health care: http://goo.gl/a6jm4i Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cancer killer in Iowa, but it #ColorectalCancer is the 2nd leading cancer killer in IA, but it can be doesn’t always cause symptoms, especially early on. Find it early by prevented. Talk to your doc about screening: getting screened. Talk to your doctor for more information: http://goo.gl/pq3AUM http://goo.gl/pq3AUM If there were a way for you to prevent cancer, would you do it? Screening finds polyps so they can be removed before they turn into Colorectal cancer is one you can prevent! Screening finds polyps so #ColorectalCancer http://goo.gl/5hCKXB they can be removed before they turn into colorectal cancer. Talk to your doctor about screening that's right for you http://goo.gl/5hCKXB www.CancerIowa.org