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Partner Programs

CDC continues its partnership in the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, a network of public and private organizations that promote colorectal cancer awareness and screening on the national level. CDC and the American Cancer Society convened the roundtable in 1997.

CDC supports the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP), which integrates prevention and control activities relating to many forms of cancer, including colorectal cancer. The objectives of the NCCCP are to improve community-based education and health promotion, share expertise, and address at-risk populations.

With funding from CDC, the states of Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington and West Virginia are implementing specific colorectal cancer strategies from their statewide, comprehensive cancer control plans. These programs may serve as models for other states.

CDC has recently funded the Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF) for a five-year period to assist 14 states in the delivery of a one-day colorectal cancer Dialogue for Action conference. These conferences are designed to encourage diverse attendees to work through barriers among providers, healthcare systems and the public that impede colorectal cancer screening. The assistance PCF will provide includes help with training the event staff and planning and designing the conference. The intended participants in these conferences are state health agencies and their partners. By enabling participants to work through the multitude of issues related to colorectal cancer screening, these Dialogues for Action conferences will ultimately benefit the medically underserved and those who have yet to be screened for colorectal cancer.

CDC collaborates with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Care to aid in the sponsorship of the East Coast, Midwest and Western Farm worker Stream Forums. These annual forums began in 1987 on the East Coast, focusing on improving healthcare delivery to migrant and seasonal farm workers by providing workshops for health professionals and others who work with the population. Through exhibits, lectures and interactive workshops, the Stream Forums increase cultural competence of migrant health providers, create networking and collaboration opportunities and help participants identify additional resources, program models and effective training. CDC also provides supplemental funding to support a series of collaboratives designed to develop and implement quality improvement in cancer screening. These collaboratives provide resources and technical assistance to improve cancer screening.

Since 2005, CDC's Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign has collaborated with the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA),* a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to develop posters and print ads featuring Katie Couric (cofounder of NCCRA) and television and radio PSAs featuring Emmy® Award-winning actor Jimmy Smits and Academy Award-winning actors Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman.

Other partners include:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• American Cancer Society
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• International Union Against Cancer
• National Cancer Institute

*Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.