Our Programs
The Community Impact team has provided the community with a broad range of evidence-based cancer education, service programs, and activities serving residents of the Commonwealth and beyond for over 20 years. Through partnerships and collaborations, we foster healthy communities by assisting community-based organizations in creating and implementing cancer programs that promote awareness, prevention, and early detection.
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Connect with usWe are committed to engaging and building responsive collaborations to enhance the well-being of individuals, organizations, and communities through education that is provided by:
- Free evidence-based educational programs to educate community members about reducing their cancer risk.
- Available health care professionals and cancer experts to speak on topics tailored to specific audience(s).
- Programs can be adapted for in-person or virtual audiences.
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Connect with usSignature Programs
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Children learn about sun safety through an evidence-based program called Ray and the Sunbeatables®: A Sun Safety Curriculum, created by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
- Our team is on a mission to help you understand and complete the cancer screenings you may be due for. We do this by first understanding your individual needs and then connecting you with resources to address those needs.
Community Engaged Research Guide
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- An empowering and engaging educational curriculum focused on informing community members, healthcare professionals, cancer survivors and caregivers, students, and community groups about cancer.
- The Stay in the Game Prostate Cancer Initiative is dedicated to reducing the impact of prostate cancer on men in Virginia. By partnering with community organizations, to raise awareness and increasing screening services, this program aims to reduce the overall burden of prostate cancer in the community.
- The Eliminate Tobacco Use Virginia Initiative, led by the UVACCC and VCU Massey Cancer Center with partnerships in higher education, aims to create tobacco-free campus cultures across the state.