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Libraries Fighting Cancer
June 10, 2008
Libraries around the country are taking action to raise cancer awareness among medically underserved populations. How?
Partnering with institutions to strengthen services: Queens Library Health Link
The Queens Library HealthLink is a collaborative initiative of Queens Library, the American Cancer Society, the Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The goal of the Queens Library HealthLink is to increase access to cancer screening and care among medically underserved communities in Queens.
Acquisition of free reference materials: LIVESTRONG Survivorship Notebook
The Lance Armstrong Foundation created the LIVESTRONG Survivorship Notebook to give cancer information access to everyone, especially low-income or uninsured citizens who don’t have access to a computer or are denied follow-up care after completing cancer treatment.
The LIVESTRONG Survivorship Notebooks are a free resource and are designed to help cancer survivors, their families and caregivers organize, keep and access important information related to their cancer experiences.
Applying for grants to expand outreach activities: WGBH the Truth about Cancer
The Truth about Cancer is a documentary featuring intense stories of patients fighting cancer. It includes a 30 minutes panel moderated by Linda Ellerbee with participation from renowned doctors from the field who are also cancer survivors.
Yesterday, Queens Library hosted a huge event to screen the documentary. It was followed by an enlightening panel discussion moderated by David Lounsbury, Assistant Attending Psychologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Panelists included Margaret Kemeny, Director of Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital, Tameron Ackley – Kazdal. Regional Vice President of the American Cancer Society, Queens Region, and Mary Jane Massie, Attending Psychiatrist at MSKCC. The discussion included topics such as community education and outreach, treatment and screening, and psycho-oncology. Attendees had many questions and stayed after the program ended to talk to the panelists who graciously continued answering questions even after the library had closed.
These are only three examples of what libraries can do to fight cancer. For more opportunities to obtain grants that could be used to raise cancer awareness or to develop projects for medically underserved populations, visit the National Network of Libraries of Medicine at http://nnlm.gov/
Posted by Loida García-Febo on June 10, 2008 | Comments (0)
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