American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Health Equity Resources:
- Making the Case for Health Equity: Facts, definitions, and statistics about cancer health disparities and why equity matters.
- Health Equity Principles: Nine principles of health equity guide ACS and ACS CAN’s work to promote and embrace health equity in all that we do.
- Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans and Cancer Facts & Figures for Hispanic/Latinos: Provides estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths, as well as information on cancer risk factors (unhealthy diet, tobacco and alcohol use, obesity, and physical inactivity) and cancer screening rates.
- Understanding and Addressing Social Determinants to Advance Cancer Health Equity in the United States: A Blueprint for Practice, Research, and Policy: Introduces a framework for understanding and addressing social determinants of health, such as financial stability, access to healthy foods, and access to cancer-related services.
- Cancer Disparities: A Chartbook: Illustrates the scope of cancer disparities that exist across our nation.
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Lost Earnings from Cancer Deaths in the United States: ACS researchers estimate the cost of racial disparities on cancer mortality when in blacks compared to whites.
- How Structural Racism Can Kill Cancer Patients: Explores racism and inequality in cancer care.
For more, visit Advancing Health Equity – Addressing Cancer Disparities
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