Local Navigator Networks

The purpose of IPNN is to provide a virtual support program to address culturally and geographically unique challenges and solutions of Indigenous Navigation programs.

The mission of Journey Across Maine Navigators is to improve cancer care for patients throughout Maine by working together as navigators and providing holistic, patient centered care through all stages of cancer care. Navigators will work together to assist patients in overcoming barriers to care, improve access to care, provide education, and work to empower all cancer patients to improve quality of life throughout the patient’s cancer journey.

The mission of the Kentucky Oncology Navigator Network of AONN+ is to provide networking, collaboration, education and professional development opportunities to local nurse and patient oncology navigators in order to be advocates for patients and caregivers and improve the quality of life cross the cancer continuum.

The mission of the Long Island Navigator Network of AONN+ is to provide networking opportunities, education and support among local oncology navigators, and to share best practices, promote professional development, and improve patient experiences.

The mission of the Lung Screening Navigator Network (LSNN) is to provide networking and education opportunities for lung cancer screening navigators and coordinators across the nation, promoting best practices in lung cancer screening navigation related to the early detection of lung cancer. The overarching goal is to shift lung cancer staging at diagnosis from late to early stage by increasing the uptake and adherence to lung cancer screening.

Maryland/ D.C. Patient & Nurse Navigator Local Network will provide education, networking, resources, best practices and evidence-base person-centered oncology care.

The mission of the Middle Tennessee Local Navigator Network of AONN+ is to provide networking and educational opportunities for local oncology nurse navigators and other oncology patient navigators in the Middle Tennessee area, promoting and developing best practices in patient navigation, improving access to cancer care and improving quality of life for cancer survivors throughout their disease trajectory.

The mission of the National Breast Cancer Foundation Virtual Navigator Network of AONN+ is to advance the role and visibility of patient navigation in cancer care by providing a place for NBCF-funded breast cancer patient navigation programs across the country to come together to learn, share, and support each other.

The Network of Oncology Patient Navigation in West Africa (NOPWA) strives to bring together different types of navigators from various backgrounds from throughout Nigeria to promote the role of patient navigation in cancer care and survivorship planning by providing a network for collaboration and development of best practices for the improvement of patient access to care and quality of life.

The mission of the New Jersey Local Navigation Network is to provide networking and educational opportunities for local oncology navigators and those supporting navigator roles in the Emerson, NJ area and surrounding towns as well as near suburbs in the New York City metropolitan area. The focus will be promoting and developing best practices in patient navigation and improving access to cancer care and quality of life for cancer survivors from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond. We strongly believe in the need for both referral and recognition of oncology rehabilitation and the positive affect rehabilitation (PT/OT) during and after cancer care to help oncology patients get back to living their best lives.