4009.1 Innovative Approaches to Cancer Education and Communication among Ethnic Groups

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will describe diverse methods to educate or communicate with various ethnic groups including African Americans and Native Americans. Approaches to increase clinical trials awareness, screening behaviors, and incorporation of community-based participatory research will be discussed.
Session Objectives: 1. To identify three innovative approaches to communicating with ethnic populations. 2. To describe how disparities have had an impact on awareness of and attitudes about HPV cervical cancer screening. 3. To understand the value of community-based participatory research and how it can help address health disparities.
Moderator:
Robin C. Vanderpool, DrPH, CHES

8:30am
African American parents' attitudes toward HPV vaccination
Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD, MPH, Lauren D. Arnold, PhD, MPH and Sheri R. Notaro, PhD, MPH
     
8:48am
Contribution of communication inequalities to disparities in HPV vaccine awareness and knowledge
Emily Zobel Kontos, ScD, Karen M. Emmons, PhD, Elaine Puleo, PhD and K. Viswanath, PhD
        
9:06am
Developing a REACH US community action plan to eliminate breast and cervical cancer disparities: Outcomes of a six-state collaboration
Theresa Wynn, PhD, Mona N. Fouad, MD MPH, Isabel Scarinci, PhD, Edward E. Partridge, Rhoda Johnson, PhD and Mark Dignan, PhD
9:24am
Strategies to increase enrollment in cancer clinical trials among African American women in Georgia
Shaunta S. Wright, MPH and Nancy Paris, MS
     
9:42am
Cancer information seeking among Northeastern Native Americans
Mary K. Canales, PhD, Diane E. Weiner, PhD, Markos Samos, MA, LPC and Nina Wampler, DSc, MPH
     

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

Organized by: Cancer Forum
Endorsed by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Women's Caucus

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

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