10 Jun 2011

Community Health Advisors: A Model in Community Outreach and Health Education

by Sandra J. Hamilton, RN, FNP, MEd

Background/Purpose: Tennessee has a cancer mortality rate that is one of the highest in the country, ranked 45th for all cancers and races aggregated. Breast cancer occurs at a 12% higher incidence among white women; however, the mortality rate from breast cancer is 48% higher for African...

Keywords: Community Health Advisors CHA Community Health Worker CHW Ten Core Competencies CATS Community Action Team Of Shelby County Cure4Kids Global Summit

03 Feb 2012

An Environmental Approach to Community Health: Promoting Strategies in Primary Prevention

by Larry Cohen, MSW

Keywords: Community Health Preventative Medicine Physical Activity Behavior Change Smoking Tobacco Prevention Prevention Insititute Community Education Healthy Living Nutrition Health Home

Discussion: Cancer Education in Schools and Communities

by Yuri Quintana, PhD, Aubrey Van Kirk Villalobos, MEd, Tallulah Forrest, Claire Neal, MPH, CHES, Ruba Anastas and Amy Harding, RN

Keywords: Cure4Kids For Kids Global Summit Panel Discussion School Program Community Health Public Health Health Education Cancer Awareness

10 Jun 2011

Community Health Care Quality Indicators

by Renee Frazier, MHSA, FACHE

This presentation will identify ways to engage cross-cutting and multistakeholder collaboration to improve the health and health care quality of a community. Specific issues of increasing awareness regarding health disparities and how neighborhoods can transfer themselves through grass roots efforts...

Keywords: Cure4Kids Global Summit Community Wide Health Improvement Health Care Quality Healthy Lifestyle Personalized Healthcare Health Equity Outcome Measures Common Table

10 Jun 2011

Discussion: Empowering Our Local Communities for Science and Health Promotion

by George Vélez, DHAc, MBA, CFAAMA, Renee Frazier, MHSA, FACHE, Captain Douglas A. McGowen, MS and Sandra J. Hamilton, RN, FNP, MEd

Keywords: Community Health Advisor Grassroots Health Education Health Literacy Community Partnership STEM Education Technology Education

09 Jun 2011

Optimizing the Health of Childhood Cancer Survivors Through Risk-Based Health Surveillance and Education

by Melissa M. Hudson, MD

Optimal care of long-term survivors of childhood cancer involves a screening and prevention plan that integrates the cancer experience with health care needs. This approach, termed risk-based care, considers risks for cancer-related morbidity related to the patient (age, sex, race), cancer...

Keywords: Pediatric Cancer Survivor Long-term Follow-up St. Jude Life Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivor Cancer Survivorship SJLIFE

09 Jun 2011

Where's Waldo 2.0: Sorting through the Noise and Rethinking Cancer Communication

by Daniela B. Friedman, PhD, MSc

With the explosion of new media technology over the past decade, we have an extraordinary amount of health information at our fingertips. Although social media offer opportunities for collective knowledge, information exchange, and user interactivity, the reliability and accuracy of information...

Keywords: Health Communication Internpersonal Health Communication Information Needs Health Literacy Low Health Literacy MHealth Cancer Screening Social Bookmarking