{"id":3316,"date":"2023-11-10T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takeactionagainstcancer.com\/?p=3316"},"modified":"2023-11-10T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:02:46","slug":"taking-action-against-cancer-at-new-york-state-college-health-association-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takeactionagainstcancer.com\/taking-action-against-cancer-at-new-york-state-college-health-association-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action Against Cancer at New York State College Health Association Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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CPiA teams from across the state teamed up to take action against cancer at the New York State College Health Association (NYSCHA) Annual Meeting held in October at the Desmond Hotel in Albany. The CPiA programs at Stony Brook Cancer Center, St. Lawrence Health Initiative, St. Mary\u2019s Healthcare, and Glens Falls Hospital joined forces to table for meeting attendees to promote the importance of cancer prevention in college health.<\/p>

College and university health centers are at the center of health, wellness, and prevention for their students. Many of these young adults are learning to engage in their health and make their own health decisions for the first time in their lives. CPiA supports colleges and universities in empowering students to practice cancer prevention, and in implementing policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes on campus that reduce cancer risk.<\/p>

With over 37,000 cases of HPV cancers diagnosed in the U.S. annually, and Melanoma emerging as a top five cancer for young adults ages 20-34, cancer prevention has become an important issue in young adult health. The NYSCHA annual meeting allowed us to speak with college health professionals about ways they can increase prevention for their students such as:<\/p>