Thank you to our Sponsors
Visit the Exhibitors!
American Cancer Society
Arkansas Department of Health – BreastCare
Arkansas Department of Health – Center for Health Advancement
Arkansas Department of Health – Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program
Arkansas Insurance Department
Arkansas Minority Health Commission
CARTI Foundation
Community Health Centers of Arkansas
Family Service Agency, Inc
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
UAMS Arkansas Disability & Health Program
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute – MammoVan
UAMS Library
Ronda S. Henry-Tillman M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chair, Arkansas Cancer Coalition
Professor of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Director, Cancer Control, Cancer Institute
Practice Director, Ladies' Oncology Clinic, Cancer Institute
Principal Investigator
Arkansas Cancer Community Network Program (AR-CCN)
Colorectal Cancer Education and Screening Program
We provide a favorable
environment for cancer
control partners to
reduce, and ultimately
eliminate, the burden of
cancer for every person
in Arkansas
We are a partnership of individuals and
organizations working together to:
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Provide an overview of
the current cancer control
in Arkansas
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Strengthen and sustain
the cancer control
partnership support
network
The Arkansas Cancer Plan
 Prevention
 Survivorship
 Screening & Detection
 Palliative Care
 Treatment
 Professional Education
 Disparities
 Surveillance and
 Clinical Trials
Reporting
 Evaluation
 Healthcare Workforce
Download plan at arcancercoalition.org
Arkansas Cancer Plan
Implementation Grants
The Arkansas General
Assembly authorized the
Arkansas Department of
Health to spend $1.8 million
annually to implement the
Arkansas Cancer Plan
Arkansas Cancer Plan
Implementation Grants
Invited Grants
 Arkansas Central Cancer Registry
 Arkansas Prostate Cancer
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Foundation
Cervical Cancer Education &
Prevention Program
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Program
Modular Mammography Program
The Witness Project
Arkansas Cancer Coalition
Invited Implementation Grants
$156,800
$225,000
Cancer Registry
Prostate Cancer
$563,381
$135,000
Cervical Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
$39,729
$220,000
Modular
Mammography
Witness Project
$375,000
Cancer Coalition
Arkansas Cancer Coalition
Implementation Grant
 The Arkansas Cancer Coalition
received $568,381 for Fiscal Year
2013.
 ACC uses the Implementation
Grant to fund support staff and
program deliverables, and to issue
ACC Competitive Implementation
Grants
ACC Competitive
Implementation Grants
 Hope Cancer Resources
FY 2013 Award grantees
answered the ACC Request
for Applications in January
2012
 Ozark Health Foundation
 St. Bernard’s Development
Foundation
 UAMS – Partners in Health
Sciences
 UAMS – Colleges of Nursing,
Health Related Professions,
& Medicine
Grants range from $25,000 to $75,000
Hope Cancer Resources
The mission of Hope Cancer Resources is to provide
compassionate, professional cancer support and
education in the Northwest Arkansas region today and
tomorrow. Patient support programs provide navigation
for financial and emotional services for cancer patients
to help reduce distress during treatment.
Licensed oncology social workers evaluate newly
diagnosed cancer patients and patient transportation
and financial assistance programs ease some of the
burdens to cancer patients in Northwest Arkansas.
Financial assistance programs help patients currently in
treatment who are uninsured or underinsured and have
a financial need with no restriction on age, gender, race
or cancer diagnosis.
Ozark Health Foundation
In an effort to continue to reduce the incidence of tobacco use in
rural Van Buren and Searcy Counties and to ultimately eliminate
health disparities related to tobacco use, Ozark Mountain Health
Network will continue to work towards “Communities In Action,”
a community-based approach to the prevention of tobacco use
and access to proven cancer control strategies.
All goals coincide with the Arkansas Cancer Plan and include:
building and maintaining a coalition of diverse partners working
toward tobacco control and prevention, decreasing tobacco use
and exposure to secondhand smoke, and promoting
environmental change through local healthcare organizations
through employee cessation. Program activities will be
implemented through local worksites, schools, policy makers,
and coalitions.
St. Bernards Development Foundation
Through I CAN, St. Bernards will provide to breast cancer
patients the services of a dedicated breast cancer navigator
as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve outcomes.
The St. Bernards I CAN multidisciplinary team, consisting of
care navigator, radiologists, pathologist, radiation
oncologist, medical oncologist, surgeon, plastic surgeon
each will meet weekly to review all new breast cancer cases
and develop an individualized plan of care for each patient.
The navigator then will use the plan of care to help the
patient receive more timely access to healthcare
information and services, satisfaction and outcomes.
UAMS Partners in Health Sciences
The “Healthy Skin” professional development workshop is for
Grade 4-8 pre-service and in-service teachers and increases
knowledge and understanding of the basic functional anatomy of
the skin, the damaging effects of unprotected exposure to UV
radiation on the skin, and the formation of the 3 major types of
skin cancer.
Funding will be used to: 1) provide professional development
training to an additional 250 middle school teachers at various
locations statewide; 2) provide a resource kit; 3) evaluate the
training event using evaluation tools developed with ACC and
previous NIH evaluators that monitor quantitative and
qualitative measures; 4) conduct long term evaluation; 5) initiate
the construction of interactive, computer based, learning
modules for student use; and 6) construct a final report of all
project activities.
UAMS Colleges of Nursing, Health Related Professions, and
Medicine Tobacco Cessation in a Thoracic Oncology Clinic
This program will implement a novel, systematic, evidencebased tobacco dependence treatment program tailored for
patients receiving care at a thoracic surgery oncology clinic at
the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute (WPRCI) at UAMS.
The WPRCI will provide access to patients, a database and
information technology, a carbon monoxide monitor,
administrative support, and physical facilities. The program
utilizes a database for cessation treatment for cancer patients,
three certified Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTS), trained clinic
staff, a systematic, tailored approach, outcomes and cost
effectiveness data. Activities include data development, TTS
course completion, education for clinic staff, mentorship and
data collection and analysis.
Join us in thanking the following Board members for
their service and tireless commitment to the
Arkansas Cancer Coalition:
 Barbara Hager, MPH CHES
 Catherine Tapp, MPH
 Charlotte Williams, DrPH, MPH
 Helen Baldwin, MBA, RN
 Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD
2013 ACC Board Nominees
 Raul Blasini
 Sara Eichmann
 Kimberly Enoch
 Paulette Mehta
 Camille Parker
 Charity Smith
 Krista Thomas
****Please select only 5 nominees when voting****
Andy Core
Motivational Speaker
Summit XIV Moderator