4309.0 Cancer prevention and screening in risk populations

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
Although cancer death rates are declining in the US, cancer remains a major public health issue, especially in risk populations where this decline is not being observed. This session provides insight into reaching at-risk populations for screening and other preventive services.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe need for cancer screening and prevention programs that target risk populations. 2. Identify strategies to successfully reach populations at greatest risk for cancer morbidity and mortality.
Moderator:
Ivette Lopez, PhD, MPH

2:30pm
Cancer control needs of clients in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Lori B. Garibay, MPH, Debbie Pfeiffer, MA, Kassandra Alcaraz, MPH, Suchitra Rath, MA, Erin Eckstein, BA, Kaleigh Cornelison, BA and Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD, MPH
     
2:45pm
Cross-sectional predictors of Pap test among underserved women with physical disabilities
Rie Suzuki, PhD, Jana J. Peterson, MPH, PhD, Emily S. Walsh, MPH, CPH, David I. Buckley, MD, MPH and Gloria L. Krahn, PhD, MPH
        
3:00pm
Are women getting mammograms anyway? Utilization based on a national commercial health insurer database
Judie Mopsik, MHS, Wenya Yang, MPA, MA, W. Pete Welch, PhD, Jane F. Gentleman, PhD and Jeannine S. Schiller, MPH
     
3:15pm
Adolescent leadership initiative to reduce breast cancer health disparities
Terry A. Greene, MS, Christine Battye, MEd, Principal and Diane Davila-Colon, Health Club Supervisor
           
3:30pm
Delivering guidelines for evidence-based care to African American breast cancer survivors: The UMSOM-SNŽI research partnership
Renee Royak-Schaler, PhD, Karen Jackson, Kim Nesbitt, MA, Lisa Gardner, MS, Susan Hadary, Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD, Cynthia Drogula, MD, Min Zhan, PhD and Colleen Pelser, PhD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Social Work, Women's Caucus, Cancer Forum

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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