Summary: 

This document was developed to:

1.    Increase awareness and knowledge among public health professionals, healthcare providers, and community members in the area of comprehensive cancer prevention and control about the need to address viral hepatitis as a risk factor for liver cancer.

2.    Raise awareness of liver cancer prevention as a priority for National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) awardees with high-burden populations.

3.    Provide guidance to NCCCP awardees on how to increase knowledge and awareness among their coalitions and partners about liver cancer prevention and its major risk factors.

4.    Document promising strategies for the prevention of liver cancer that can be easily adapted and implemented by NCCCP awardees across different settings.