Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS

For healthy people 2010 goal of interest I chose was Cancers

Objective: 3-15 Persons living 5+ years after cancer diagnosis

Target Goal: 46% toward goal from progress quotient chart

Baseline: The target method for objective 3-14 is to increase the number of states with population-based cancer registries. It is being modified because of new ways to collect data.

Progress: Progress has been up and down for this are. Two of the objectives for 3-14 have met or exceeded their targets. Also, several objectives or sub objectives moved toward their target of improving cancer living rates. One of the objectives has moved away and five of the objectives didn’t show any change. Some of the objectives could not be looked at.

Two objectives met or exceeded their targets:

Mammography screening (3-13)  

Prostate cancer death rate (3-7)

Disparities: White Non-Hispanic groups are most likely to live 5 or more years after the diagnosis of cancer. Male and female are equally as likely to live, either ethnicity. Income, location, and disability were not used as an objective.

Opportunities & Challenges: Opportunities are helped by public/private organizations at all levels, like nationally, state, and locally. Challenges the CDC and CCC work together to work against cancer development. The developments of early detection, more advanced treatment and these will both improve survival rates.

Emerging issues: They want more scanning’s which would be every two years instead of every year. The death rates will and are dropping by changing treatment practices. Anything to reduce cancer would be positive.

http://www.healthypeople.gov/Data/midcourse/html/focusareas/FA03Introduction.htm

H.CON.RES.158

Title: Expressing support for the designation of an Early Detection Month for breast cancer and all forms of cancer.

Sponsor: Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] (introduced 6/25/2009) Cosponsors (50)

Related Bills: S.CON.RES.38

Latest Major Action: 6/25/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Recommendation: Vote Yes for H.CON.RES.158 expressing support for the designation of an Early Detection Month for breast cancer and all forms of cancer.

My Political Representative(s): Congressman Ron Kind (http://kind.house.gov/)