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DEPARTMENT OF NURSING STUDIES
MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK
RESEARCH CENTRE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
jointly present a seminar on
"Interventions to increase cancer prevention in economically
and medically at-risk groups” by
Professor Karen Emmons, Professor of Society, Human Development,
and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Date: December 8, 2004 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30 to 14:00
Venue: Seminar Room 7, LG/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine
Building
Abstract:
Cancer is increasingly becoming a preventable disease, with 60-70%
of cancers in the US due to preventable risk factors. Effective
efforts to increase cancer prevention among high-risk populations
are sorely needed. Public health approaches to cancer prevention
must consider the range of social contextual factors that influence
health behaviors, and the costs required to reach large populations.
This talk will provide an overview of cancer prevention strategies
in the US, and it will also discuss two examples of work undertaken
to reduce cancer risk among high-risk populations.
Bio-sketch:
Karen Emmons is Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health,
at Harvard School of Public Health. She is currently Director
of the Dana-Farber/ Harvard Cancer Center’s Health Communication
Core, and the Associate Director of The Center for Social Equity
and Cancer at the Dana-Farber/ Harvard Cancer Center.
Professor Emmons is
a clinical psychologist, and has expertise in health communication,
and
the development and evaluation of
behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of preventable disease.
Her research has focused on tobacco control and environmental tobacco
smoke exposure. She has also conducted a number of NIH-funded studies
targeting a variety of preventable cancers, including colorectal
cancer, skin cancer, and lung cancer. Her research focuses primarily
on community-based approaches to cancer prevention and control
among low income and underserved populations and among cancer survivors,
with an emphasis on strategies for enhancing motivation for health
behavior change. Professor Emmons’ work also includes a focus
on the use of health communication technologies to deliver prevention
interventions to underserved populations.
Registration and Enquiries:
For registration and enquiries, please call Ms Maggie Cheuk of
the MHRN at 2819-2841 or email mhrn@hkusua.hku.hk
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