Screen For Me is a campaign designed to boost community participation in the national breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening programs. It uses the strength of a local community and community members, including children, grandchildren, friends, partners and parents, to have an influence on their loved ones health by asking them to Screen For Me.
There are three national screening programs, they are designed for the below age groups:
· Bowel Screening – Men and Women 50 – 74
· Cervical Screening – Women 25 – 74
Join the Screen For Me movement
Help Save Lives by joining the Screen For Me movement.
Screen For Me aims to empower the community to make a difference by encouraging their friends and family to be proactive in looking after their health. Early detection saves lives.
Be a Screen For Me champion! Whether a community member, workplace, school, community group or local café, get behind the Screen For Me movement to help encourage the Latrobe community to be proactive with their health and participate in the national screening programs for breast, bowel and cervical cancers.
Early detection saves lives, be a part of the conversation by sharing the Screen For Me message via your local network. Screen For Me relies on community participation, so help us make a positive difference and get involved.
How to get involved?
The Screen For Me campaign encourages all people to get involved the Screen for Me movement to increase participation in the national cancer screening programs
We need your help to share and champion the Screen For Me message in the Latrobe community. Here are some simple ways to do be involved and encourage your community to be part of the Screen For Me Conversation Movement!
Be a Screen For Me champion
· Participate by having your polaroid photo taken with a Screen For Me sign and gift to a loved one encouraging them to Screen For Me
· Start a Screen For Me conversation with your friends and family, get people talking about the importance of cancer screening and early detection.
· Use the power of social media to share the Screen For Me message. Post your polaroid to your personal social media platforms, tagging Screen For Me via our social handles Facebook @screenforme and Instagram @screen_for_me
· Join the movement by having a Screen For Me presence at your, workplace, school, community group or local café. Message us to find out how you can be a Screen For Me champion.
#ScreenForMe is part of an innovative three-year project designed to improve the long-term health and wellbeing of Latrobe Valley residents. Funded by the Victorian Government as part of the Latrobe Health Innovation Zone, and managed by Gippsland PHN, the project works with the community and local health providers to help increase participation in screening for preventable cancers.
