Public Health and Cooperative Group Partnership: A Colorectal Cancer Educational Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors

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• Alternative Title:
  Semin Oncol Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Homan, Sherri G.
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Description:
  Objectives ; To describe the development of a multi-component colorectal cancer educational tool for female breast cancer survivors through a cooperative group and public health partnership. ; Data Sources ; PubMed, World Wide Web, published guidelines from professional organizations, and surveys and focus groups with breast cancer survivors. ; Conclusion ; Collaboration is at the core of cooperative group and public health research. This partnership has led to the development and tailoring of a colorectal cancer educational tool for breast cancer survivors. Focus groups revealed that female breast cancer survivors were receptive to education on colorectal cancer screening, liked the educational tool, and provided key information to make the tool more relevant and appealing to a broader audience.
• Keywords:
  • Survivors
  • Neoplasms
  • Screening
  • Education
  • Health disparities
  • Partnership
  • Cooperative group
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Cooperative Behavior
  More +
• Source:
  Semin Oncol Nurs. 30(1):61-73
• Pubmed ID:
  24559782
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5656249
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U10 CA031946/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U58 DP003924/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; DP003924-01A/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; CA31946/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49344/cdc_49344_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 191.15 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0d98aaa0c61273e9296c392f09b8e64386dc84613c2a198d3fa5f956b592ebdb