American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF)
Focused on reducing the cancer burdens on American Indian families through education, prevention, early detection, treatment and survivor support.
How are we making a difference?
Health system partnerships:
– We champion inter-tribal collaborations to define cancer barriers and solutions in and across American Indian communities.
– We assist health systems to identify gaps and find solutions to effective cancer prevention and care.
– We offer systems support to improve cancer screening and tracking systems.
– We conduct health care provider education to increase awareness of the importance of the health care provider role in recommending the right screening, referrals and treatment for every American Indian patient.
Community Education and outreach:
– We perform community education and outreach to increase awareness of cancer prevention and promote early detection.
– We deploy community health workers to help men and women overcome screening barriers.
Community-based research:
– We work with communities to identify research questions, methods and funding opportunities.
– We support the collection and use of population-specific data to guide efforts.
– We make sure findings are shared and published so all Native communities can benefit from new ideas and knowledge.
