Health Equity

3,2,1 Go! is a community-based educational initiative that seeks to improve equity in cancer care by identifying and addressing disparities across communities in the states of Hawaii, Texas, and Arizona.

In response to the need for cancer screening and care in Appalachia, ACCC—together with several of its state chapters—launched the ACCA to identify effective evidence-based practices that can be replicated throughout the region.

The Eliminating Precision Medicine Disparities Project works to better understand the barriers and challenges faced by lung cancer patients in underserved communities who seek equal access to precision medicine.

ACCC has partnered with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and LUNGevity on an educational initiative to identify and address existing disparities in access to biomarker testing among Medicaid beneficiaries.

Increasing the role of oncology advanced practitioners and allowing them to practice at the top of their licensure is one way we can move toward more equitable cancer care, especially in rural and underserved areas.

This project will join other ACCC initiatives that are addressing inequities in cancer care, including increasing the representation of underserved populations in cancer clinical trials and eliminating disparities in access to precision medicine.

To best meet the individual needs of the diverse patient populations they serve, multidisciplinary cancer care teams must appreciate their patients’ distinct characteristics and personalize their care if they want to achieve optimal health outcomes.

The goal of this work is to partner with multidisciplinary cancer care teams, social workers, patient advocates, health equity experts, and other stakeholders to develop a screening tool for SDOH to be used in treating patients with cancer.