Updated June 2009
Prevention
Objective I.1 (p. 11) Change data sources to ATS (Adult Tobacco Survey) and PNA (Prevention Needs Assessment).
Objective I.1 (p. 11) Add as Strategy 7: Work with insurance companies to increase coverage for tobacco cessation.
Objective I.2 (p. 12) Change data sources to ATS (Adult Tobacco Survey) and PNA (Prevention Needs Assessment).
Objective I.2 (p. 12) Strategy 4: delete the 2nd bullet line "self-governing community/county 2nd hand smoke-free ordinances".
Objective II.2 (p. 15) Change baseline year for Youth Physical Activity from 2003 to 2005; change phrasing of baseline and outcomes on hours of television from <2 hrs to <3 hrs; change phrasing of adult physical activity baselines and outcomes to "percent of adults who engage in >30 minutes of moderate physical activity 5 or more times a week or >20 minutes of vigorous activity 3 or more times a week".
Objective III.1 (p. 16) Delete this objective.
Objective IV.1 (p. 17) Delete the portion on sampling of arsenic in private wells.
Objective IV.2. (p. 18) Delete this objective.
Objective IV.3 (p. 18) Delete this objective.
Early Detection
Objective I.2 (p. 22) Add as Strategy 3: "Use existing or develop new comprehensive, culturally sensitive and appropriate materials for consumers to increase the knowledge for cancer screening".
Objective I.2 (p. 22) Add as Strategy 4: "Support policy to prohibit any form of genetic discrimination".
Treatment
No Changes
Quality of Life & Survivorship
Objective III.2 (p. 42) Add as Strategy 5: "Provide resources for transition and follow-up care after childhood cancer treatment ends:
Research
No Changes
Data Registry & Surveillance
Objective II.1 (p. 50) Add as Strategy 4: "Increase reporting of "payer" field to the Montana Central Tumor Registry (MCTR). Consider making this a required field".
Data Objective II.1 (p. 50):
Add as Strategy 5 "Set a start date to increase reporting to MCTR of physical address (or directions) for patients listed with a PO Box or Rural Route".
Add as Strategy 6 "GIS (Geographic Information Systems) code all addresses to latitude and longitude once the physical address becomes a required field (not retroactive)".
Add as Strategy 7 "Use software DPHHS has to use the resulting latitude and longitude addresses to search for geographic cancer patterns".
Objective II.4 (p. 52) Delete this objective.
Advocacy
No Changes
Implementation, Evaluation, and Evolution
Change to MTCCC organizational structure:
See Organizational Chart attached to Bylaws.