In advance of an upcoming summit on the impact of cancer in Tennessee, a statewide advocacy group is working to increase its membership in the Chattanooga region.
“If you look across the state, the Southeast region has a hard time” in terms of membership, said region chairwoman Angie Colbert, who also is cancer outreach services coordinator at Memorial Hospital. “We’re really trying to network.”
Part of the state health department, the Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition fosters collaboration among organizations devoted to fighting to disease. The group is comprised of members from five regions across the state, including the Southeast region around Chattanooga.
That Chattanooga region has only 38 members in the statewide coalition out of 450 total, making it one of the lowest membership levels of the five regions, said Trudy Stein-Hart, the coalition’s program manager. Members include health care professionals, representatives of advocacy groups, cancer survivors and other concerned citizens.
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