Skin Cancer Article

St. Lawrence County Health Initiative This March, St. Lawrence County Health Initiative’s CPiA Team participated in the North Country Kids Expo, which was held at the SUNY Canton “Roo’s House”. Naturally, the organizers emphasized the importance of family fun and hands-on experiences. CPiA had two activities at their table: an interactive board with sun safe […]

Columbia University’s CPiA team attended a breastfeeding celebration in August hosted by Staten Island University Hospital’s WIC program. CPiA was invited to speak to the audience of mothers and children about sun safety, the dangers of indoor tanning, and HPV vaccination. Attendees were provided with free sunscreen, SPF lip balm, and educational information about sun

Not only does CPiA adopt sun safety policies across New York State, CPiA provides education sessions to people of all ages and backgrounds. The CPiA team at St. Lawrence County Health Initiative recently hosted a sun safety education session to the kids of SUNY Potsdam Childcare Center. Kids learned how the sun is helpful to

Back to school season is an important time to raise awareness of the HPV vaccine as cancer prevention. With many parents taking their children for back to school well visits, school immunizations, and sports physicals, CPiA has been active at back to school events across the state to educate on this vital, cancer preventing vaccine.

New Outdoor Classroom for Gloversville Enlarged School District After many months of planning and working with the Gloversville Enlarged School District on their sun safety policy, they received their outdoor classroom! St. Mary’s Healthcare CPiA team thanks the district who went above and beyond in planning their sun safety policy implementation. The district provided a

Long Island’s Great South Bay Music Festival held their first festival since 2019, welcoming 15,000 people to Patchogue’s Shorefront Park for four days of music and sun safe fun! In its relaunch, Great South Bay sought help from Stony Brook Cancer Center’s CPiA team to adopt a sun safety policy, with the goal of reducing