Action Items

General

Pledge Your Support
- Sign the 80% by 2018 Pledge
- Sign the American Cancer Society Pledge for March 2018
Engage Key Partners
- Work with partners to educate about screening
- Bring in experts using the Colorado Cancer Coalition's Speaker's Bureau
Promote Practice Improvement & Systems Change
- See other Action Item pages for more detail on how to make these changes specific to your organization or field of expertise
Reach the Unscreened with Effective Messaging
- Address barriers to screening
- Determine your target populations
- Use messages that motivate
  - RESOURCE: 80% by 2018 Communications Guidebook: Recommended Messaging to Reach the Unscreened
Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening Awareness
- Promote screening in March and beyond
  - RESOURCE: ACS Colorectal Cancer Screening Awareness Toolkit
  - RESOURCE: Colorado Cancer Coalition March Awareness Toolkit (2017)
  - RESOURCE: Colorado Cancer Coalition Family Health History Social Media Toolkit (2017)
- Explore Screen for Life Materials
- Incorporate the Blue Star into your materials
- Work with the Colorectal Cancer Task Force to promote efforts during March
Celebrate success!
- 80% by 2018 National Achievement Awards