During the month of January, the WVU Cancer Institute and Mountains of Hope, West Virginia’s comprehensive cancer coalition, invite you to engage with your community to promote cervical cancer awareness and encourage on-time screening.
Join us in promoting cancer screening and early detection. This toolkit is intended for a variety of audiences, including community groups, public health professionals, healthcare organizations, faith communities, hospitals, survivorship groups, etc. The toolkit is available for download below.
For more information or assistance in accessing the toolkit, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
Download the complete 2025 Cervical Cancer Toolkit.
A sample press release is included as a template. This information is appropriate for local radio, television, and news outlets to share through their networks.
This proclamation can be used with local, regional, or state governments to declare and hold official observances of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
These short messages and statements can be shared as radio PSAs, at athletic events, and as direct messages to patients in an electronic health record management system.
This card is intended for use with patients and communities as an informational guide to understanding more about cervical cancer screening.
This card is intended for use with patients and communities as an informational guide to understanding more about the HPV vaccination.
This card is intended for clinics to remind eligible patients that they are due for cervical cancer screening.
This flyer can be used to promote awareness events during the month of January. Health care providers, patients, and communities are encouraged to celebrate Cervical Cancer Screening Awareness Day.
These images can be used on Health Point Electronic Messaging Systems.
Download the shareable social media images only.
This section includes a social media plan to use throughout January to encourage cervical cancer screening. The social media plan includes messages and corresponding graphics.
To make a request for any of the social media images, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
Early cancer screening saves lives. For the months of October and November, the WVU Cancer Institute and Mountains of Hope, the state’s cancer coalition, are inviting you to engage with your community to promote both breast and lung cancer awareness. The Pink and Pearl campaign focuses on bringing awareness to the prevalence of and screening options for breast and lung cancer throughout West Virginia and surrounding areas.
Pink is easily recognized and related to awareness of breast cancer, the most diagnosed cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in West Virginia women. This campaign adds the color pearl, which represents lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in West Virginia and beyond.
Join us in promoting cancer screening and early detection. This toolkit is intended for a variety of audiences, including community groups, public health professionals, healthcare organizations, faith communities, hospitals, survivorship groups, etc. The toolkit is available for download below.
For more information or assistance in accessing the toolkit, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
Download the complete 2024 Pink & Pearl toolkit.
A sample press release is included as a template. This information is appropriate for local radio, television, and news outlets to share through their networks.
This proclamation can be used with local, regional, or state government to declare and hold official observances of Breast and Lung Cancer Awareness Months.
These short messages and statements can be shared as radio PSAs, at athletic events, and as direct messages to patients in an electronic health record management system.
This sample annual appointment reminder is for both breast and lung cancer screening.
This card is intended for use with patients and communities as an informational guide to understanding more about breast and lung cancer screening.
This card is intended for use in a clinical environment and can encourage patients to schedule both breast and lung cancer screening appointments, if needed.
This flyer provides an overview of the Pink & Pearl Campaign, describing screening guidelines, risk factors, and resources for support for both breast and lung cancer.
This flyer is intended for use in clinic or health care spaces to assist in increasing patient understanding of breast and lung cancer screening prior to their appointment with a primary care provider.
The My Why printable can be used during Pink & Pearl Day activities as a chance to bring additional awareness to breast and lung cancer screening. On November 1, plan to take photos with your organization and post to your social media accounts with #WVPinkandPearl and #WVPinkandPearlMyWhy and tag @wvucancer.
These images can be used on Health Point Electronic Messaging Systems.
Download the shareable social media images only.
This social media plan is available for use throughout October and November to encourage breast and lung cancer screening, including messages and corresponding graphics.
To make a request for any of the social media images, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
During the month of September, the WVU Cancer Institute and Mountains of Hope, the state’s cancer coalition, invite you to engage with your community to raise prostate cancer screening awareness and encourage on-time prostate cancer screening.
Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in American males. Men in the United States have about a 1 in 8 chance of eventually being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Due to early detection and improvement in treatment, prostate cancer mortality rates fell by 52% between 1993 to 2018.
This toolkit is intended to help you reach patients, community groups, public health professionals, healthcare organizations, faith communities, hospitals, survivorship groups, and others, and to ultimately increase colorectal cancer screening and save lives.
For more information or assistance in accessing the toolkit, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
Download the complete 2024 Prostate Cancer Awareness toolkit.
Download the complete Social Media package.
This card is intended for use with patients and communities as an informational guide to understanding more about prostate cancer screening.
This flyer can be used to promote an awareness event in September. Healthcare providers, patients, and communities are encouraged to celebrate Prostate Cancer Screening Awareness Day.
A sample press release is included as a template. This information is appropriate for local radio, television, and news outlets to share through their networks.
This proclamation can be used with local, regional, or state government to declare and hold official observances of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
These short messages and statements can be shared as radio PSAs, at athletic events, and as direct messages to patients in an electronic health record management system.
These images can be used on Health Point Electronic Messaging Systems.
Download all social media and shareable images.
This section includes suggested social media posts and graphics for use throughout the month of September to encourage prostate cancer screening. To request any of the social media images, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
This campaign builds upon the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable’s Blue Star initiative, which symbolizes the fight against colorectal cancer and promotes colorectal cancer awareness.
Join us in sharing a campaign that focuses on increasing colorectal cancer knowledge, on-time colorectal cancer screening, and understanding of current colorectal cancer screening options throughout West Virginia and surrounding areas.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women combined in West Virginia. Yet, it is one of the most preventable cancers. Educating patients about the importance of screening and offering it at the recommended age is paramount to saving lives.
This toolkit is intended to help you reach patients, community groups, public health professionals, healthcare organizations, faith communities, hospitals, survivorship groups, and others, and to ultimately increase colorectal cancer screening and save lives.
For more information or assistance in accessing the toolkit, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.
Download the complete 2024 Colorectal Cancer Awareness toolkit
This card is intended for use with patients and communities as an informational guide to understanding who is eligible and what options are available for colorectal cancer screening.
This card is intended for use in a clinical environment to encourage patients to schedule an appointment to discuss their colorectal cancer screening (CRC) options.
This flyer promotes national Dress in Blue Day, the first Friday of March.
A sample press release is included as a template. This information is appropriate for local radio, television, and news outlets to share through their networks.
This proclamation can be used with local, regional, or state government to declare and hold official observances of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
This information is intended for internal use to address questions about the benefits of shared decision making for colorectal cancer screening.
This section includes suggested social media posts and graphics for use throughout the month of March to encourage colorectal cancer screening. To request any of the social media images, please email wvucancer@hsc.wvu.edu.