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Thursday, April 19, 2007: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Blaine Kern Ballroom A-C (Marriot New Orleans at the Convention Center)
Poster Session
The topics covered in this poster session include: Womens Cancers Mens Cancers Tobacco Control Colorectal Cancers Patient Navigation
Awakening Choices: Colon Health, Our Stories
Melany Cueva, RN, MA
Utilizing Key Partnerships to Build Trust, Initiate Collaborations and Effectively Reach the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community with Targeted Cancer Risk Reduction Messages
Jim Shattuck, MA
"From the Flying Deck, Get a Breast Check"
Morris J. Morris, M.Ed., Dan'i Howard, Melissa Luck, Gladys Long, Amanda Hill
Feel Good Fridays: Breast Cancer Awareness and Educaion Initiative
Diane L. Hetes, Lori Clark Robinson
Enhancing Mammography Screening Benefits for African American Women
Beth A. Jones, PhD, MPH, Ashika S. Brinkley, Keesha Mayes, Stanislav V Kasl
CEASE Project, a Faith-Based Project for African Americans
Victoria Wilder Crews, BS, OCPS, II, YoLanda Lewis
Culturally Respectful Cancer Education for Alaska Native People
Melany Cueva, RN, MA
Native American Navigators And The Continuum of Cancer Care
Lisa D. Harjo, MA, Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES, Terri L. Rattler, BS, Rose Lee, BS, Mark A. Dignan, PhD, Linda U. Krebs, PhD, AOCN, FAAN
Evaluation of a Colorectal Cancer Screening and Early Detection Program for Low-income African Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos
Irene Dankwa Buadoo, MD, MPH, Richard C. Palmer, Dr., P.H., Cancer Crusade Partners
Hepatitis B/C and Liver Cancer in the Asian Community
Arlene Chin
Cancer-Related Lifestyle Factors among the Amish and Non-Amish Adults Living in Ohio Appalachia
Mira L. Katz, PhD, Amy Ferketich, Electra D. Paskett
Empowering Survivors as Cancer Control Leaders in Their Communities
Armin D. Weinberg, PhD, Pamela Jackson, MS, Larry Laufman, EdD, Sara Rozin, MS
A Community Perspective on Breast Cancer Education: Video as Vehicle to Health
Willie Davis, Christine Boyd, Nadine Thomas Savoy
A Culturally Sensitive Learning Module for Healthcare Students
Anita Nirenberg, DNSC(c), RN, MS, Ellen Becker, PhD, Mary Jo Dropkin, PhD, RN, Sam Jones, PhD, Diane Reynolds, MA, RN, Rebecca States, PhD
Susceptibility to smoking in Mexican origin youth in Houston, TX
Anna Wilkinson, PhD, Alexander Prokhorov, MD, PhD, Melissa Bondy, PhD, Margaret Spitz, MD
Increasing breast and cervical cancer screening in Georgia via TEAM UP
Olga Lucia Jimenez, B.S.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Preference among African Americans
Richard C. Palmer, Dr.P.H., Irene D. Buadoo, M.D., M.P.H.
Low Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Hispanic Workers
Alberto Caban Martinez, David Lee, PhD, Lora E. Fleming, Kris Arheart, Sharon Christ, PhD, Kathryn McCollister, William LeBlanc, Katherine Chung Bridges
TeamUp Kentucky: Cancer Screening Saves Lives
Tami Kelder, Rachael King
Forging Community Ties to Develop a Smoking Prevention Pilot Program for Underserved Neighborhoods
Marion Winfrey, EdD, RN, Lynn Thompson, RN, MPH, OCN, Greer Glazer, RN, CNP, PhD, FA, Patricia Reid-Ponte, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Arizona HealthLinks: Chronic Disease Prevention for Worksites
Lynne Smith, Ed.M
Examining Barriers to Latino/Hispanic Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP
Understanding The Lived Experience Of Being Diagnosed With Breast Cancer In The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) And Selecting Cancer Treatment
Jody Pelusi, PhD, FNP, AOCN, Pattie King, LPN, Adelaide Bahr, MD, Michele Halyard, MD, Cynthia Claus, MPH, Teresa Pipe, PhD, RN, Community Advisory Group
Disparity in Cervical Cancer Screening between Asian and White Women
Judy H. Wang, Vanessa Sheppard, Wenchi Liang, Marc D. Schwartz, Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Orientation Session for a Breast Cancer Intervention Program
Erica C. Givens, BS, BJ. Gor, EdD, RD, LD, Richard A. Hajek, PhD, C. LeDay-Jacobs, LMSW, DL. Baham, MS, RD, LD, T. Stephens, MD, LA. Jones, PhD
Chemotherapy On Moloka'i: Addressing Disparities And Improving Quality Of Life On A Remote Hawaiian Island
William L. Thomas Jr., M.D.
Ohio's Cross-Cultural Tobacco Control Alliance
Lucinda Marie Deason III, Ph.D.
“Psychosocial and Health-Related Quality of Life Apprehension of
Carlumandarlo E.B. Zaramo, M.Sc, CLsp(MB), Dr. David B. Miller, Ph.D., MBA, MSW, Dr. Charles S. Modlin Jr., M.D., FACS
Assessing The Challenges of Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Health Through the Multivariable Efforts of a Minority Men's Health Center (MMHC)
Carlumandarlo E.B. Zaramo, M.Sc, .CLsp(MB), Dr. David B. Miller, Dr. A. Gus Kious,, Michael Lawson, Wei Liao, Dr. Charles S. Modlin, Jr.
Partnering for Life: THE ACS/SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISIONS'S FAITH BASED PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT
Tawana Thomas-Johnson
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention in High Risk Urban Neighborhoods
Suzy Blumenthal, MPH, Marian S. Krauskopf, MSW, Julie Ruckel, BS, Christian Salazar, MPH, Vivek Gumaste, MD, Harry Winters, MD, Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, Melissa Schori, MD
Neighborhood-level Socioeconomic Predictors of Mammography Screening Behavior
Amy B. Dailey, PhD, MPH, Stanislav V. Kasl, PhD, Beth A. Jones, PhD, MPH
The Impact of An Empowerment Intervention in Reducing Smoking Disparites in White and Black Americans
Colmar Figueroa-Moseley, Ph.D., Geoffrey Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Pascal Jean-Pierre, Ph.D., Jennifer Carroll, M.D., Gary Morrow, Ph.D., M.S.
The Block Captain War on Cancer
Barry S. Eckert, Dean, James F. Repella, PhD
"Kicking Butts": A Community-based Effort to Address Tobacco Addiction in Communities of Color
Tonya Micah, BBA, Elizabeth Ann Williams, PhD, Marino Bruce, PhD, Tene Franklin, Pastor Raymond Bowman, Pastor Calvin Barlow, Pastor Robert Houston Sr., Pastor Enoch Fuzz, Pastor Jimmy Greer, Pastor Warren Booker, Jacqueline Estill, Jason Stamm
The Breast Center at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans
Donna Williams, MS, MPH, Randi Kaufman, MS, Tyler Bartley, APRN, Mary Abell, M.D.
A Primary Care Traing Program to Eliminate Disparities in Screening for Colorectal Cancer Using Colonoscopy
W. Brian Sweeney, M.D., FACS, FASC, Rose E. Coady, Stephen C. Lloyd, M.D., Ph.D.
Reducing Health Disparities Through Navigation to Mammography Screening
Melinda Leah Miffitt, MPH, Catherine Nash, MPH
Partnering to Reduce Health Disparities: Results from a Pilot Training Course for Community Health Workers
Andrea L. Leinberger-Jabari, MPH, Patricia Radabaugh, RNC, MA, CNS
Addressing the Health Data Gap for Asian Americans
Beverly Gor, EdD, Truong Son Hoang, B.S., Jennifer Jones Santos, Lovell Jones, PhD
Clinician-Patient Communication about Physical Activity in an Underserved Community
Jennifer Carroll, MD, MPH, Ronald M. Epstein, MD, Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH, Pascal Jean-Pierre, Ph.D., Colmar Figueroa-Moseley, Ph.D., Gary Morrow, PhD, MS
Factors Influencing Interval between Diagnosis and Treatment of Localized Breast Cancer Patients in Louisiana
Riaz Ferdaus, MBBS, PhD(abd), Xiaocheng Wu, MD, MPH, Vivien W. Chen, PhD
Colorectal Cancer Screening among Filipino Americans
Annette E. Maxwell, Leda Danao, Gabriel M. Garcia, Catherine M. Crespi, Cynthia Antonio, Roshan Bastani
Down in the dumps, up in smoke: Pathways and disparities in the relation between teen depressiveness and smoking
Ritesh Mistry, PhD, MPH, William J. McCarthy, PhD, Petra Hammerl, MA, Minal Patel
Do patients understand that colorectal cancer screening means cancer prevention?
Jennifer Shea, Director, Physic, Karen E. Kim, Associate, Profe
Colon Cancer Physician Engagement Pilot program
Jennifer Shea, Director, Physic, Karen E. Kim, Associate, Profe
Purpose, Wisdom, Pride: the Pastors' Wives Project Reaching African-American Women through Churches in North Minneapolis for a Cervical Screening Project
Gay Lynn Richards, MS, RN, MPH, CNS, Benita Robinson, Erin Hedican
A National Patient Navigator Training Program
Elizabeth Calhoun, PhD, Elizabeth Whitley, PhD, RN, Angelina Esparza, RN, Elizabeth Ness, MS, RN, Patricia Valverde, MPH, Amanda Greene, PhD, MPH, RN, Roland Garcia, PhD
Testicular Cancer among African American College Men: Knowledge, Perceived Risk, and Perceptions of Cancer Fatalism
Barbara D. Powe, PhD, RN, Dexter L. Cooper, MPH, Louie Ross, PhD, Donoria Wilkerson, MPH, Patrice Brooks, MPH
Eliminating Cancer Disparities in the United States and Abroad
Loyce Pace
Addressing Cancer Disparities via Navigation Outreach
DeAnnah Byrd, MS, Mark Wegner, MD, MPH, Joenell Henry-Tanner, MPH, Nina Miller, MSSW

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