Content below developed by Ontario Health
Dear members,
As you know, Ontario’s health care system has been significantly impacted by COVID-19, including preventive care like cancer screening. Ontario Health runs the province’s organized cancer screening programs, the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP), the Ontario Cervical Screening Program (OCSP) and ColonCancerCheck (CCC). Since March 2020, all three programs have seen a decrease in the number of tests completed, compared to pre-pandemic.
Ontario’s primary care providers play an important role in cancer screening. To help support you and your patients get caught up on cancer screening tests, Ontario Health will be sharing a cancer screening awareness tool-kit.
The tool-kit has digital and print options that include materials like key messages that can be used for emails or newsletters, social media content, slides for digital screens in offices. This email is to provide information to Association of Family Health teams of Ontario (AFHTO) members who wish to order print materials – more information will be shared in the coming weeks about how you can access the digital tool-kit.
Printed cancer screening awareness materials
Ontario Health develops materials to support partners and providers in raising awareness of the importance of cancer screening for all three of our organized programs. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is in October, as is Cervical Cancer Awareness Week and Colon Cancer Awareness Month is in March. Though developed for these awareness months/week, the materials can be used at any time.
Posters (8.5 x 11 inches) and postcards (5 x 7 inches) are being made available to print and ship to AFHTO members that would like copies. A colorectal cancer fact sheet can also be ordered. These are available at no charge to members. Materials are available in English and French, and the top 10 languages based on the most recent census data (for a list, see the URL below for the ordering form).
If your practice would like to order materials, please use the following link to access the order form: https://forms.office.com/r/zZtQ4mhmGG . The form provides an image of each product and allows you to select a quantity in each language offered. You will need to provide contact and mailing information.
Please complete the form by September 3rd, 2021 at 6pm. Materials are expected to be delivered by the end of September/early October.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Ontario Health at primarycareinquiries@ontariohealth.ca.
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