Agenda
Directions
Registration




Addressing Cancer Health Disparities in Appalachia

April 1, 2009
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Embassy Suites Hotel - Dublin , Ohio


9:30 Registration
   
10:00 Welcome
Electra D. Paskett, PhD
ACCN Regional Principal Investigator
The Ohio State University
   
10:05 Using Evidence to Provide Culturally Sensitive Health Information for Appalachian Populations
Sharon A. Denham, RN, DSN
Ohio University
   
10:30 Rural Identity as a Risk and Protective Factor for Adolescent Tobacco Use
Janice Raup-Krieger, PhD
The Ohio State University
School of Communication
   
11:00 Are Rural Ohio Appalachia Cancer Survivors' Needs Different Than Urban Cancer Survivors?
Mira L. Katz, PhD, MPH
The Ohio State University
College of Public Health
   
11:30 Interventions to Reduce Cervical Cancer Risk in Appalachia Ohio
Electra D. Paskett, PhD
ACCN Regional PI
The Ohio State University
   
12:00 Lunch
   
12:30 Depression and Self-Identity in Women from Appalachia Ohio
Doug Post, PhD
The Ohio State University
Family Medicine
   
1:00 Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver Palliative Educational Program
Merri Biechler and Tracy L. Marx, DO, CMD
Ohio University
   
1:30 Ohio ACCN Program and Coalitions
Darla K. Fickle, MA
Megan D. Higgins
Appalachian Community Cancer Network
   
1:40 Educating Cancer Survivors in Appalachia
Courtney Sim, BSC
Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc.
   
2:00

Cervical Health Initiative in Gallia County
Sandra Cassell-Corbin, CNP
Partners of Hope Cancer Coalition

   
2:20 Break
   
2:40 Cervical Cancer & HPV: Get the Facts
Shannon White
Cancer Concern Coalition
   
3:00 Connect to Health: Minority Health Project
Sharon Kirtdoll
Women In Action Against Cancer Coalition
   
3:20 Implementing Community Cancer Screenings
Sharon Carver, RN, MSN
Fight Cancer, Save Lives Coalition
   
3:40 Closing Remarks and Evaluation
Electra D. Paskett, PhD
ACCN Regional PI
The Ohio State University

 

xxx NCI logo
ACCN website
 
OSUCCC