Health Education

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Fighting Against Cancer and Tobacco (FACT) is a coalition project involving teens who develop public service announcements in regards to the effects of smoking.

Policy and Advocacy for NUT CPG Minutes 10/31/08

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Meeting Minutes

The ASCCC will electronically post minutes from all Coalition board, workgroup, and general meetings that occur. 

The minutes will appear on this page, below as attachments.  If you have any questions or changes to the mintues that you would like to appear, please contact the Coalition at the e-mail below.

 

Women's Health Workshop for HPV and it's relation to Cervical Cancer

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06/20/2009 09:00
06/20/2009 11:30
Pacific/Pago Pago

WOMEN'S HEALTH OPPORTUNITY

Soon, the Immunization Program will offer a vaccine to girls aged 7 to 12. It helps protect girls from 4 types of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 2 of those types cause 70% of all cervical cancers. Cervical cancer was the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths for women in American Samoa. Would you like to learn more about this vaccine and other ways that women can prevent cervical cancer?

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Community Report on HPV Study Findings

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06/18/2009 10:00
06/18/2009 12:00
Pacific/Pago Pago

Dr. Brenda Hernandez from the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (CRCH) will provide a report back to the community on findings from the recently completed Human Papillomavirus (HPV) study. Women from various age groups were selected to perform a HPV DNA test that will show if the strands of HPV that cause cervical cancer are prevalent in American Samoan women.

Have you heard "Tasi le Ola"?

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Publication Date: 
May 28, 2009
Elderly lady dancing at Tasi Le Ola launch event.

The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC), a non-profit, non-governmental, community-based organization, kicked off the first ever cancer prevention radio drama called “Tasi le Ola” at Utulei Beach Saturday May 23.

Nearly over 200 people turned out to hear the creative and talented finalists in the radio drama theme song contest perform their original songs. The ASCCC received 12 song entries. Each song was judged on how well the lyrics encouraged women to be healthy and expressed the show’s theme “tasi le ola”—you only have one life so be healthy.

Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center

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http://www.asmca.org/

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LBJ Medical Center In American SamoaLBJ Medical Center In American Samoa

The LBJ Tropical Medical Center, a 128-bed general acute care hospital, and is the only hospital in the territory. The Medical Center provides a reasonable scope of general inpatient and outpatient services covering: medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, ear, nose and throat (ENT), eye, pediatrics, and renal dialysis. The LBJ hosptial is the only clinical laboratory, diagnostic imaging, and outpatient pharmacy services in American Samoa. LBJ Tropical Medical Center is a semi-autonomous authority.

Cancer Awareness & Prevention Education Campaign

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Cancer awareness, prevention, and education are important aspects of our organization's mission. Cancer awareness leads to greater levels of prevention through community outreach and education efforts that encourage men and women in at-risk categories to consider and enact early cancer detection in their health care programs. Through our partnerships with the LBJ Medical Center and the American Samoa Department of Health, we've worked to promote, expand and build confidence in the ability of our health care facilities to scan for and detect cancers early when they are most treatable.

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