3019.0 Patient Navigation, Peer Navigation, and Cancer Prevention and Control

Monday, October 29, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Patient navigation services are intended to address barriers to cancer screening and treatment and ultimately improve cancer screening and care outcomes among vulnerable populations. This session will address the principles of patient navigation programs, patient navigation needs, the role of patient navigation in facilitating timely screening, diagnosis, and treatment, and barriers to cancer care among patients receiving navigation services.
Session Objectives: Participants will be able to discuss: 1) whether existing programs for breast cancer patient navigation align with a framework of existing principles; 2) health literacy barriers, patient navigation needs, and community resources among rural cancer patients; 3) the results of a large, six-city study which found that patient navigation leads to increased rates of timely, definitive diagnosis among Latinas with abnormal breast cancer screening; and 4) the impact of health-related legal needs on timely care among women with abnormal cancer screening results who have received patient navigation services.
Moderator:
Michelle S. Williams, MPH, CHES

8:30am
Do existing programs for breast cancer patient navigation align with a framework of existing principles?
Christine Gunn, MA, Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH, Karen Freund, MD, MPH and Victoria Parker, DBA
  
8:48am
Identifying Health Literacy Barriers, Patient Navigation Needs, and Community Resources Among Rural Cancer Patients
Ana Martinez-Donate, PhD, Jeanne Schaaf Strickland, MA, Julie Halverson, MA, MS, Alyssa Levy, PhD, Rebecca Linskens, MA, Aaliya Bibi, MPH, Xinyi Wang, PhD, Paul Smith, MD, Ticiana Leal, MD, William Schelman, MD and Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD
  
  
9:06am
Patient navigation leads to increased rates of timely definitive diagnosis in Latinas with BIRADS-3 breast abnormalities –The Six Cities Study
Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, MD, Gregory Talavera, MD, MPH, Frank Penedo, PhD, Emilio Carillo, MD, María E. Fernández, PhD, Alan Holden, PhD, Edgar Munoz, MS, Sandra San Miguel, MS and Kipling Gallion, MA
  
9:24am
Impact of health-related legal needs on timely care among women with abnormal cancer screening
Sarah W. Primeau, MSW, Karen M. Freund, MD, MPH, Sharon M. Bak, MPH, Joseph N. Palmisano, MA, MPH, Timothy Heeren, PhD, Samantha Morton, JD and Tracy A. Battaglia, MD, MPH
  

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

Organized by: Cancer Forum
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Men's Health Caucus, Community Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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