3444.0 Cancer communication: Prevention and survivorship (organized by HCWG)

Monday, October 29, 2012: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
This session will explore how communication strategies can be successfully used for cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify various health communication strategies and educational resources for cancer prevention and survivorship. 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of these health communication strategies in facilitating cancer prevention and healthy survivorship. 3. Describe cancer prevention and survivorship in unique populations.
Organizer:
Laura Miller, PhD
Moderator:
Susan S. Gallagher, MPH

4:30pm
Anxiety and depression among cancer survivors: The role of engagement with sources of emotional support information
Susan Mello, MA, Andy Tan, MBBS, MPH, MBA, Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE, J. Sanford Schwartz, MD and Robert C. Hornik, PhD
     
4:45pm
Cancer prevention messages that encourage behavior change
Anthony Signorelli and Payal Shah, MPH
     
5:00pm
Carrying the Burden: Perspectives of African American Pastors on Peer Support for People with Cancer
Melissa A. Green, MPH, Justin Lucas, BS, Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, Michelle Hayes, BA, Stacie Peacock, MHA, Moses Goldmon, EdD, MRE, Tonya Armstrong, PhD, MTS, Sharon Elliott-Bynum, PhD, RN and Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc
5:15pm
An analysis of the relationship between cancer-related information seeking and adherence to breast cancer surveillance procedures after curative treatment
Andy Tan, MBBS, MPH, MBA, Mihaela Moldovan-Johnson, PhD, Stacy W. Gray, MD, MA, Robert C. Hornik, PhD and Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE
     
5:30pm
Mobile Health Tool for Lung Cancer: Mitigate Lung Cancer Stigma and Promote Self-Management
Janine Cataldo, PhD, APRN-BC and Cati Brown-Johnson, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Cancer Forum

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

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