4085.0 Health Communication and Informatics Resources for Cancer Prevention and Control

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Informatics technologies are increasingly used to enhance cancer prevention and control efforts. This symposium session will present multiple examples of the utilization of different informatics strategies to advance the goals of preventing cancer and addressing the public health impact of the cancer burden. Several different informatics techniques will be presented.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe ways in which informatics can advance public health goals for cancer prevention and control. 2. List types of informatic technologies used in cancer prevention and control efforts. 3. Explain how informatic technologies function in a cancer prevention and control context.
Moderator:
Heather Orom, PhD

10:30am
Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM) Database: An Informatics Tool to Support Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Richard Moser, PhD, Bradford W. Hesse, PhD, Abdul R. Shaikh, PhD, MHSc, Paul Courtney, MS, Gordon Willis, PhD, Erik Augustson, PhD, MPH, Kerry Levin, PhD, Cynthia Helba, PhD, Kisha Coa, MPH, David Garner and Marsha Dunn, MPH
     
10:40am
Communication Surveillance for Cancer Prevention and Control
Kelly Blake, ScD, Ellen Beckjord, PhD, MPH, Kia Davis, MPH, Richard Moser, PhD, Lila Finney Rutten, PhD, MPH and Bradford W. Hesse, PhD
     
10:50am
Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools): New Features for Moving Research Into Practice
Michael Sanchez, MPH, CHES and Cynthia Vinson, MPA
     
11:00am
Informatics for Consumer Health
Amy Sanders, MA, Wen-ying Sylvia Chou, PhD, MPH and Abdul R. Shaikh, PhD, MHSc
     
11:10am
Consumer Health Portal: An Informatics Tool for Translation and Visualization of Complex, Evidence-Based Population Health Data for Cancer Prevention and Control
Paul Courtney, MS, Abdul R. Shaikh, PhD, MHSc, Noshir Contractor, PhD, Deborah McGuinness, PhD, Li Ding, PhD, Erik M. Augustson, PhD, Kelly Blake, ScD, Glen D. Morgan, PhD, Richard Moser, PhD, Gordon Willis, PhD and Bradford W. Hesse, PhD
     

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Organized by: Cancer Forum
Endorsed by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Social Work

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

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