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Session: Cancer Prevention and Control Issues for Women
3186.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Poster
Cancer Prevention and Control Issues for Women
Cancer prevention disparities among subpopulations contribute to poorer quality of life and increased mortality. A lack of knowledge about risk factors for cervical cancer and HPV, as well as misunderstandings and cultural beliefs contribute to cancer disparities in various ethnic subpopulations. This poster session will address the need for more accurate and consistent media coverage of the HPV vaccine and its relation to cancer prevention. Issues regarding policy and the potential influence policy changes could have on the HPV vaccine and cancer prevention are also discussed. This session also addresses the barriers many subpopulations of women face in relation to adhering to breast health screening guidelines and the potential strategies to help providers eliminate these barriers among Somali women and women with disabilities. Insurance considerations and the barriers faced by the uninsured and the middle-aged population are presented.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify factors related to the perceived risk of cervical cancer and the benefits of vaccination. 2. List barriers and beliefs that may contribute to a lack of vaccination in the Latina population. 3. Identify potential policy and program related strategies to address the cancer prevention disparities discussed. 4. Understand the role of qualitative research methods in creating culturally appropriate cancer prevention programs.
Board 1News media coverage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, December 2005-November 2006
Amy Leader, MPH, Danielle Mittermaier, MA, Joseph Cappella, PhD
Board 2Cervical cancer and access to the HPV vaccine: The voices of Latina women
Carlos A. Ugarte, MSPH, Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, MS, Natalie D. Hernández, MPH, Liany Elba Arroyo, MPH
Board 3A pilot study: HPV infection knowledge & HPV vaccine acceptance among women residing in Ciudad Juárez, México
John Moraros, MD, MPH, CHES, Yelena Bird, MD, MPH, David Barney, MSW, MPH, PhD, Larry K. Olsen, DrPH, CHES, Sasha King, BA, Matthew Banegas, MS, Surasri Prapasiri, BS, Adriana Peña, BS
Board 4Factors associated with perceived risk of cervical cancer among Latina immigrants
Isabel Garces, MPH, Isabel Scarinci, PhD, MPH
Board 5Public health challenge to eliminating cervical cancer: The response in Illinois
Jean Becker, RN, BSN, MPH
Board 6Improving access to breast health facilities and services for women with disabilities
Patricia Welch Saleeby, PhD, MSSA
Board 7Gaining perspectives about the facilitators and barriers to breast cancer screening from women with physical disabilities and their providers
Ellen Lopez, PhD, MPH, Elena Andresen, PhD, Eva Egensteiner, Melissa Lanzone, Vijay Vasudevan, William Kennedy, Kim Trematore
Board 8Distance and mammogram utilization among unmarried middle-aged and older women
Melanie R. Wasserman, PhD, Steven Meersman, PhD, Melissa A. Clark, PhD, William Rakowski, PhD, Karen L. Schneider, MPH
Board 9   Improving breast health in a refugee community: The Somali Women's Breast Cancer Project
Heather Burkland, Diana DuBois, MPH, MIA, Halimo Abdullahi, Sagal Isse, Sara Rohde, MPH, Fowsia Ali, Shamso Omar, Adar Kahin
Board 10Risk for skin cancer may be higher among uninsured women: Screening and prevention behaviors among public sector patients in central Florida
Maralis B. Mercado, BSHSE, Ellen Daley, PhD, Laurie Woodard, MD, Jane Fanning, PhD, ARNP, Allison Edmonds, MS, ARNP, Karen Dyer, BA, Stephanie Kolar, MSPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Women's Caucus
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Gerontological Health; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus

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