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Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2010 International Cancer Education Travel Award. Click here to see a list of recipients.
Impact of Cancer Education on Patients, Practitioners and the Public
The statistics associated with cancer incidence, prevalence and mortality are always overwhelming. For 2009 there was an estimated 1,479,350 new adult and 10,730 new pediatric cancer cases in the US (1), and estimates for 40 European countries for new cancer cases in 2008 is 3.2 million (2). Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Americans and the leading cause in Americans < 85 years old. One of every four deaths in the United States is due to cancer. According to the 2009 American Cancer Society statistical estimates, ½ of all men and 1/3 of all women will develop cancer in their lifetime The trends for five year survival in adults for all cancer types is now 66%. For children the survival rate for all cancer is now at 80%. This surviving population brings forth a whole new host of challenges for individuals regarding late toxicities and adjustments from cancer therapies. Since there is increased survival for cancer at all ages with early detection, it is imperative for continued development of optimal age appropriate and culturally sensitive methods to prevent, detect, treat, support, research and guide patients and the public.
Effective education is an essential component for the war against cancer that is common to the entire disease spectrum - prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, research, and survivorship. Past meetings of the AACE, EACE, and CPEN individually and collectively, have witnessed the presentation of numerous cancer education curriculum, initiatives and programs that varied widely across the cancer continuum. The focus of this year’s meeting is to examine the impact cancer education programs have on their targeted populations; specifically to highlight how education programs improved or changed outcomes for the patients, the public and/ or health professionals.
THEME
On October 25-27, 2010, the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE), the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE) will collaboratively host their annual meeting in San Diego, CA. This will be the 44th annual meeting for AACE, the 20th for CPEN and the 23rd for EACE.
The theme of this year’s meeting is: Impact of Cancer Education on Patients, Practitioners and the Public. Specifically, this meeting will focus on identifying the appropriate outcomes to measure for an education program, highlight best practices/pitfalls in measurement of education outcomes, and the role of outcomes in ongoing evaluation of existing education programs and genesis of new ones across the entire spectrum of cancer. In addition this year's meeting will discuss:
- Prevention and Detection
- Treatment and Survivorship
- Palliative Care
- Patient Education, Disparities and Community Outreach
- Medical/Healthcare Professional Education (including undergraduate, graduate and continuing education)
OVERALL GOALS
This conference is suited for all those interested and/or involved in cancer education including healthcare professionals, patient and family educators, researchers, public health, medical and allied health educators and other professionals.
Those in attendance should be able to:
- Identify the ideal outcome measure for assessing the impact of a cancer education its targeted learners
- Develop new skills in the design, development, implementation, evaluation, dissemination and measure of outcome from cancer education initiatives
- Identify sources of funding for new cancer education initiatives
- Renew participants’ sense of professional enthusiasm for the field
- References:
American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2009. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2009.
Ferlay J, Parkin DM, Steiarova-Foucher E,, Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 2008. European Journal of Cancer 46: 765-781, 2010.
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