The California Colorectal Cancer Program
The California Colorectal Cancer Program engages stakeholders throughout California to work towards achieving the following objectives from California’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan:
- By 2015, increase colorectal cancer screening rates among people 50 years and older using one of the screening options recommended by the most current United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening guidelines by 15 percent, from the current baseline of 68.1% to 78.3%.
- By 2015, decrease the proportion of late-stage diagnoses of colorectal cancer among all Californians by 15 percent, from the current proportion of 47.1% to 40%.
- By 2015, decrease the proportion of late-stage diagnoses of colorectal cancer among African Americans and Asian and Pacific Islanders by 20 percent, from the current proportions in African Americans of 51.5% to 41.2% and in Asian and Pacific Islanders of 51.8% to 41.4%.
Our principal project for supporting the achievement of these objectives is through our annual mini-grant program which supports small agencies to work towards the above objectives. Past projects have included CME’s with providers, health education outreach programs and the creation of multi-language materials regarding the importance of colorectal cancer screening. Through our grantees our program has reached out to thousands of Californians regarding the importance of colorectal cancer screening. To see a list of our current grantees please click here.
In addition to the our mini-grant program we also work hand in hand with local and state-wide organizations to encourage collaboration and the sharing of best-practices in the arena of colorectal cancer control. To see a list of our partners please click here.
The California Colorectal Cancer Program is administered by the California Department of Public Health’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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