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Kentucky Cancer Consortium (KCC) Partners

KCC Partners are individuals and/or organizations who partner with the Kentucky Cancer Consortium through their efforts to reduce the cancer burden in Kentucky.  KCC Partners:

  • Work towards reducing the cancer burden in Kentucky
  • Coordinate and collaborate these efforts with other like minded individuals and/or organizations
  • Are willing to use regional cancer control data to guide planning for interventions (activities/programs/projects geared towards reducing cancer)
  • Track efforts to the best of their capability (evaluate)
  • Utilize the Cancer Action Plan for Kentucky as the guiding document for comprehensive cancer control

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  1. What changes have occurred recently at KCC?

     The Kentucky Cancer Consortium was created through a collaborative effort of organizations – the American Cancer Society, the Kentucky Cancer Program and the Kentucky Department for Public Health. All of these founding organizations took a leadership role in KCC, with the Kentucky Cancer Program designated as the coordinating agency for the Consortium. 

    With continued growth, the need arose for KCC to become its own “stand-alone” entity.  In the Summer of 2006, Jennifer Redmond (Program Director) and Katie Bathje (Program Coordinator) were hired as full-time staff towards this end and are overseen by Dr. Steve Wyatt, Principal Investigator and Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky.

  2. Are Kentucky Cancer Consortium Partners “grouped” regionally around the state?

    Some KCC Partners have formed groups along geographic lines that make the most sense for their region.  A county coalition, a tri-county coalition, an ADD District group, a city-focused group – any or all could be considered Partners of the Kentucky Cancer Consortium. The term “KCC Partner” is meant to be broad and inclusive. 

    KCC does not regulate how Partners come together, since your organization may “draw its lines” differently than your partner organizations do. You may cover a county, while a colleague covers an ADD, while yet another colleague in the field covers multiple counties or ADDs.  Also, geography in your area may literally make it difficult to convene regular meetings by ADD Districts.

    KCC works to link together Partners through both existing regional groups, and through the linking of Partners for new efforts. This is most readily done through this website, which serves as a state-wide clearinghouse of cancer control activity for Kentucky; through KCC's bi-monthly e-newsletter the "KCC Connect"; through an Annual Summit of KCC Partners; and meetings held regularly throughout the year for networking and continuing education.

  3. I see the same faces (including my own) at most of the health promotion meetings in my region. If I meet with others doing cancer prevention and control in my region, isn’t this just one more meeting?

    KCC Partners who have formed regional groups focus on specific projects related to the Cancer Action Plan priorities to maximize the effective and efficient use of time and expertise. These groups may meet as often or as rarely as needs/projects in their region necessitate, and as volunteer interest allows.  Each year, the Kentucky Cancer Consortium will host a two-day state-wide “Summit”, providing a venue for regional level cancer control groups to come together for education, networking, and resource sharing.

  4. Regional funding is often given based on “numbers” – we want to know more about cancer data in our region but we don’t always know how to best use it. Could being a part of KCC help?

    KCC is dedicated to making regional cancer control data available to your region via our partnership with the Kentucky Cancer Registry.  Requests for cancer control “numbers”, and guidance in using them towards data driven interventions, is encouraged and always available by contacting KCC staff. This was also the focus of a plenary workshop at the 2007 KCC Annual 2007 Summit, led by Dr. Tom Tucker, Director of the Kentucky Cancer Registry.

  5. When it comes right down to it, we need more resources in order to implement many of our ideas on the local level. If I am a KCC Partner, can KCC give us funds?

    It is a goal of the Kentucky Cancer Consortium to notify Partners of local, state and national grant opportunities through their listserv and bi-monthly newsletter whenever possible.

  6. How will being a KCC Partner keep me “in the loop” as to what is going on around the state?

    The KCC website is updated monthly. A bi-monthly e-mail newsletter outlining Comprehensive Cancer Control news of interest will be sent to all KCC partners at the state and regional level.  This will serve as a critical venue for bridging communication between State and Regional level individuals and groups. The Consortium also releases information to all Partners via an e-mail listserv.

    It is our hope that by making cancer control information easily accessible, our collective efforts will be strengthened. Also, access to information across the state will increase the sharing of resources, the stimulation of new ideas, and hopefully, provide for more collaboration on new Comprehensive Cancer Control projects.

  7. How do I know if I / my organization is considered a Partner of the Kentucky Cancer Consortium?

    If you or your organization are working towards reducing the burden of cancer in Kentucky, you should consider becoming a Partner with the Kentucky Cancer Consortium. Simply contact Katie Bathje at 859-219-0772 X275.

  8. If I have always “worked alone” as a volunteer, could I be a KCC Partner?

    Please know that we value your efforts! You do not need to be a member of an existing group or cancer organization to be a KCC Partner.  Yet it is our hope to network you with other like-minded people. The word “Consortium” is defined as “a grouping of individuals and/or organizations, usually set up for a common purpose that would be beyond the capabilities of a single member of the group”.  Please get in touch with us if you would like to know who else in your community cares deeply about reducing the burden of cancer. We would be happy to facilitate this process.


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