Skin cancer prevention progress report 2019

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
• Description:
  In July 2014, the Office of the Surgeon General released The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer, establishing skin cancer prevention as a high priority for ou r nation. The Call to Action described prevention strategies that work and called on all community sectors to play a role in protecting Americans from ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and artificial sources, such as indoor tanning devices. ; This year, we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Call to Action and the growing number of partners at the national, state, and local levels working to advance the strategic goals for skin cancer prevention in the United States.This fifth annual Skin Cancer Prevention Progress Report provides a comprehensivesummaryofthemostrecentdata available and highlights developments and success stories since the release of the 2018 Progress Report.These annual updates to the report provide information to monitor progress, learn from successes, reveal areas that need improvement, and identify opportunities to work collaboratively to reduce the incidence of skin cancer. ; CS309666 ; Publication date from documnent properties. ; SkinCancerPreventionProgressReport-2019-508.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Skin Neoplasms/prevention & control
• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Annual Reports
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  35 numbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81911/cdc_81911_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.50 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7a7bf34e2b6951e2cac6e0f3ee44e4969081c05e4ca13182d8621b99e4f51e90