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Skin CancerPurpose/Mission The Skin Cancer Task Force coordinates statewide efforts to increase skin cancer prevention practices and policies and to reduce the morbidity and mortality of skin cancer in Colorado. This task force meets on the third Thursday of each month. To find out more about the Skin Cancer Task Force, contact the Chair, or Click here to join the Task Force and to receive email reminders of meetings. The Skin Cancer Task Force is a network of Colorado institutions, businesses and individuals working together to reduce the morbidity and mortality of skin cancer in Colorado. Our objectives are outlined in the Colorado Cancer Plan 2005-2010 (The Melanoma Chapter begins on page 47) and include increasing skin cancer education and prevention, increasing sun safety policies at workplaces and schools, working to insure that statewide legislation protects children and adolescents from the harmful effects of artificial tanning and increasing the early detection of skin cancers by physicians. Several member of the Skin Cancer Task Force are working on a comprehensive, multi-channel, statewide program promoting skin cancer prevention through schools, pediatric and primary care clinics, and workplaces. Klein Buendel, Inc. is partnering with the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center on this effort. This program is funded by the Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Pulmonary Disease Grants Program, at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Agenda Contact Info Chair of the Skin Cancer Task Force: 303-565-4353 Vice Chair of the Skin Cancer Task Force: 303-315-1114 Calendar There are currently no scheduled events for the Skin Cancer task force.
Helpful Links State of Colorado Skin Cancer Information Working Documents Free Skin Cancer Screening and Treatment Options Please contact the Skin Cancer Task Force chair if you would like to add additional screening or treatment options to the above document. Task Force Members include: The American Cancer Society is dedicated to reducing the incidence and mortality of skin cancer by promoting screening guidelines, developing awareness and education campaigns, and producing informational brochures and videos. The Colorado Department of Education is committed to provide training and grant opportunities to schools to write and implement sun safe policies, educate staff and students, and make school environments more conducive to preventing skin cancer. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is devoted to controlling the incidence of skin cancer in Colorado through the efforts of the Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Program which provides leadership and coordination of statewide cancer control efforts.The Health Department also collects data to track progress toward meeting the 2010 Objectives listed in the Colorado Cancer Plan and is responsible for the inspection of Colorado tanning facilities. Klein Buendel Inc., a small, women-owned health communication company, is dedicated to preventing skin cancer through research, education and health promotion. With an elite group of researchers, multimedia programmers and graphic designers, Klein Buendel creates innovative multimedia sun safety programs and resources. Rocky Mountain Sunscreen is a Colorado based sunscreen company dedicated to providing high quality sunscreen to active Coloradans.Rocky Mountain Sunscreen was started by a strong desire to offer good, effective protection from the sun, and education remains a primary focus of what he does. The University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, the only academic health center in the state and region, hosts the skin cancer prevention efforts of leading public health and dermatology experts.One research group investigates skin cancer prevention methods with an emphasis on education for children and their parents. Another research team focuses on dermatoepidimiology and skin cancer prevention with an emphasis on chemoprevention. |
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