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Cancer advocacy includes a wide range of opportunities for people who want to get involved with cancer issues and to contribute their time and energy to the community or their profession, such as the cancer registry. Advocates or staff for nonprofit organizations and have varying levels of training or professional expertise. There may be formal or informal training programs offered to help teach people how they can effectively participate in advocacy activities. Here are just a few ways the cancer registrar can get involved: ...discuss and establish the issues or concerns specific to your professional group and industry, ...educate others and help to raise awareness about cancer, ...provide support for people who have been diagnosed or otherwise affected by cancer, ...contacting elected officials regarding laws relating to cancer, ...improve care for patients by promoting the value of the cancer registry, ...reduce disparities in access to care or treatment information, ...participate in the research peer review process (i.e., IRB), ...facilitate, promote, or raise money for research, ...promote patient participation in research, ...distribute research findings from your registry's data, ...promote oncology informatics, ...talk about and promote the role of the cancer registrar. |
Advocacy
