objective 5: support services
Connect cancer patients and caregivers with the support services they need (clinical and non-clinical) when diagnosed with cancer, during active treatment and thereafter
strategies
5.1 Strengthen the ability of cancer programs to implement cancer navigation processes that assess needs and make connections to needed resources and services
5.2 Convene providers to promote best practices and evidence-based protocols for shared decision making during cancer treatment
5.3 Promote psychosocial distress screening for cancer patients
5.4 Build community capacity to address the non-clinical support needs of cancer patients and their caregivers
5.5 Promote tools that help providers talk with clients who have low health literacy
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