Patient and Professional Education and Support
CCFA offers comprehensive literature and patient support services nationally as well as through its forty regional chapters. CCFA provides information and education for the 1.4 million Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients and their families through a variety of periodicals (Take Charge, Under the Microscope), books, awareness campaigns, local chapter events, Webcasts, and through its web site. Due to its extensive public awareness and outreach efforts, the Foundation reaches at least one out of every 18 patients, compared to the Arthritis Foundation, with one out of every 85, or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, with one out of every 435.
CCFA’s Information Resource Center (IRC), accessible via 888.MY.GUT.PAIN and www.ccfa.org, provides accurate, current, disease-related information to the public, health care professionals, patients and their families. The IRC is here to help callers understand diagnosis, treatment, and living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. IRC information specialists are master's level health professionals. They are available to speak with callers Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
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