According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "The policies, systems, and environments around us, including our communities, worksites, transportation systems, schools, faith-based organizations, and health-care settings shape the pattern of our lives and our health." It is necessary for change and partnerships to occur at these foundational levels to make optimal cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and quality-of-life opportunities accessible to all Iowans.

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Check out work being done in Iowa to support policy and systems change:

 

	Active Ottumwa (2016), Ottumwa, IA
	Be Sun Safe (2014), Sioux City, IA
	Body & Soul: Train the Trainer (2012), Statewide
	"Celebrating Survivorship" Blood Cancer Symposium (2014), Des Moines
	Cervical Cancer Free Iowa (ongoing), Statewide
	Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative using FluFOBT Model, Central IA
	Community and Worksite Mentoring Project (2012), Statewide
	Ensuring Health in All Iowa Planning Policies (2015), Statewide
	FluFIT Pilot Project (2014), Marshalltown, IA
	Healthy Vending and Salad Bars in Private and Public Worksites, FY13, Statewide
	HPV Vaccines for Teens: Taking Shots Against Cancer, Cerro Gordo County, IA
	Identifying and Understanding How to Address the Gaps in Care Experienced by Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (2017), Iowa City
	Increasing Access to Quality Lung Cancer Screening in the Community Hospital Setting (2014), Pottawattamie County, IA
	Increasing Screening Rates in Primary Care Clinics, Statewide
	Iowa Radon Project (2014), Statewide
	Radon-Free Homes Initiative (2013), Des Moines
	Radon in Iowa (2012), Statewide
	Safe Routes to School Fun in Northeast Iowa: Promoting Physical Activity and Safety Among Youth (FY15), Northeast, IA
	Safe Sun for Children (2016), Shelby County, IA
	Sun Safety & Minor League Baseball (2012), Statewide
	Sun Safety RAGBRAI, Statewide
	Tobacco-Free Schools, Statewide

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