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Project REACH Introduction

Project
REACH
Activity
Planning Guide

Project
REACH Background

A
1993 study by the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) found that teachers,
librarians, and clerical workers may have higher
rates of breast cancer death than women in other
occupations. Although there are no occupationally
related statistics for cervical cancer, early
detection and screening issues are similar for
breast and cervical cancer.

In
response, the NEA Health Information Network launched
a national campaign, the Project REACH Campaign
for Breast and Cervical Health, to educate NEA
members on the importance of early detection for
both forms of cancer. Through this campaign, NEA
HIN led the development of a full-day training
program, designed by and for school employees
to give them the knowledge and skills necessary
to plan local cancer education programs.

Who
Should Use This Guide

To
make the information disseminated in the training
program more accessible to all NEA members, NEA
HIN created this Program Planning Guide as an
easy-to-use tool for educational employees interested
in spreading the message of early detection. Because
the target audience for Project REACH is educational
employees, this Guide is designed to work specifically
with the structure of schools and education associations.
Association members and local school employees
have successfully implemented every example provided
in this manual.

How
to Use This Guide

Because
school employees have varying amounts of time
available for program implementation, this Guide
provides ideas and examples ranging from 10-minute
awareness activities to an ongoing education campaign
enabling you to tailor a program to the amount
of time you are able to commit.

You
can view excerpts from the Guide online:

The
complete Guide is available as a series
of downloadable PDF documents (requiring
the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader) divided by chapter.

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The
Project REACH Activity Planning Guide is the property
of the NEA Health Information Network (NEA HIN)
and funded through a Cooperative Agreement with
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.