The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Applying Health Education and Health Promotion Strategies to Address Cancer Screening Efforts
3273.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Applying Health Education and Health Promotion Strategies to Address Cancer Screening Efforts
Presenters will discuss health promotion strategies focusing on varying aspects of cancer screening. Such strategies focused on identification of barriers to screening, attitudes toward screening, tools and resources used for improving screening rates, and the utilization of screening services.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Elaine Auld, MPH
2:30 PMRace and gender differences in colorectal cancer screening attitudes and behavior in a population-based sample of Michigan residents
Nancy K. Janz, PhD, Patricia A. Wren, PhD, David S. Schottenfeld, MD, Kenneth E. Guire, MS
2:45 PM"I Forgot" and Other Reasons Why Men Do Not Show for Their Prostate Cancer Education and Screening Appointment
Susan E. Mazzoni, MPH, Deborah Watkins Bruner, PhD, Susan Raysor, BS
3:00 PMProvider-based tools for increasing colorectal cancer screening
Renee Taylor, MPH, Anna Pittman Schenck, PhD, Nelson Gunter, MD
3:15 PMUtilization of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and barriers to screening in community-living women and men aged 50-75 years
Catherine R. Messina, PhD, Dorothy S. Lane, MD, MPH, Mary F. Cavanagh, MD, MPH
3:30 PMA collaborative breast cancer education awareness project at a rural southern university
Judith E. Taylor, EdD, J. Todd Liddell, BS, Twyla Ratliff, BS, Farrah L. Robinson, BS
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA