Reducing the Burden of Breast Cancer: An Evidence Academy for Community, Health Care, and Public Health Leaders

May 21, 2010
Tarboro, North Carolina

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Purpose:
This interdisciplinary conference provides a format for learning about and discussing research and practice-based evidence to improve breast cancer outcomes.


Target Audience:
Physicians, nurses, other health care professionals, public health professionals, and community leaders involved in promoting appropriate use of breast cancer screening, prompting follow up of positive mammograms, delivering cancer treatment, and improving the quality of life for cancer patients and survivors.

 

 

Agenda with available Powerpoint Presentations:

 
 
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Morning Sessions

 

Understanding the Impact of Breast Cancer in Eastern NC:  Setting a Course for Heath Improvements

 

Sloane Burke, PhD, CHES
Assistant Professor, Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University

 

An Overview of Local Statistics Describing the Breast Cancer Burden

 

Seminar Sessions
 


 

Table Talk 1 


Why the Difference?  Understanding and Confronting Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcomes

 

Facilitator: 

Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS
Director of Community Programs, Susan G. Komen for the Cure NC Triangle Affiliate

 

Presenters: 

 

Keith D. Amos, MD, Part 1, Part 2
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UNC Chapel Hill

 

Wizdom Powell Hammond, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Chapel Hill

 

Table Talk 2


Promoting Breast Cancer Screening Today: Understanding the Screening Guidelines and the Importance of Early Detection

 

Facilitator: 

Holly Mathews, PhD
Professor of Anthropology, East Carolina University

 

Presenters: 

 

Cathy L. Melvin, PhD, MPH
Dissemination Core Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center                                  
 

Lillian Burke, MD
Assistant Professor of Hematology/Oncology, East Carolina University

 

Table Talk 3


Breast Cancer Treatment: New Developments and New Decisions

 

Facilitator: 

Darla Liles, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, East Carolina University

 

Presenters:  

 

Hyman B. Muss, MD  
Professor of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill

 

Clara N. Lee, MD, MPP
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UNC Chapel Hill

 

Table Talk 4


New Resources to Help Women Navigate the Unknown:  Genetic Testing and Patient Navigation

 

Facilitator: 

LaSonya Melvin, MA, NCONA
Community Outreach Coordinator, Carolina Well, UNC Lineberger Survivorship Program, Zimmer Cancer Center

 

Presenters:  

 

Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Part 1, Part 2
Associate Professor of Nursing, UNC Chapel Hill

 

Cecile Skrzynia, MS, CGC
Director of Genetic Counseling Services in Genetics and Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill

 

 

Additional Faculty:

Lynn Erdman, RN, MN, OCNS
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, American Cancer Society-South Atlantic Division, and Chair, NC Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control

Valarie Worthy, RN
President, Sisters Network-Triangle NC

 

 

This event was jointly sponsored by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, NC Comprehensive Cancer Program, Area L AHEC