January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Posted on January 27th, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Please share awareness messages about cervical cancer through your social media channels this month. Cervical Cancer Free SC has been sharing information all month, so go ahead and add them to your twitter feed. @CervixCaFreeSC https://twitter.com/cervixcafreesc
Spring 2017 HCC Cancer Control Journal Club
Posted on December 14th, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Spring 2017 HCC Cancer Control Journal Club
The HCC Cancer Control Journal Club schedule is set. Thank you to all the Fall 2016 Journal Club presenters. Stay tuned for updates on articles to be discussed. The Spring 2017 HCC Cancer Control Journal Club schedule is listed below. Journal Club meets in HCC ATT Conference Room at noon.
Jan. 12: Dr. Hong Li – Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (Biostats Primer)
Feb 2: Dr. Brandon Welch – CEBP Article
Mar. 2: Dr. Betsy Hill – Complex sample survey data (Biostats Primer)
Apr. 6: Dr. Erin McClure – Article TBD
May 4: Dr. Jennifer Dahne – Article TBD
Arizonafication of America
Posted on November 11th, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Arizonafication of America
With the impending change in immigration policies and enforcement promised to come with the new Presidential transition team on immigration, my article in 2013 Human Organization explains how media coverage is manipulated to serve business interests on this hot button issue.
Luque, J; Bowers, A; Kabore, A; Stewart, R. (2013) Who Will Pick Georgia’s Vidalia Onions? A Text-Driven Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage on Georgia’s 2011 Immigration Law. Human Organization, 72(1):31-43.
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SMA-SPA Speed Mentoring Reception at AAA Update
Posted on November 8th, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SMA-SPA Speed Mentoring Reception at AAA Update
Second Opinion November 2016 Newsletter
http://www.medanthro.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Second-Opinion_Nov2016.pdf
SMA-SPA Speed-Mentoring Reception at AAA
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Safe World for Women Highlights Salud es Vida
Posted on May 24th, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Safe World for Women Highlights Salud es Vida
The e-zine, Safe World for Women highlighted the work we did with the Salud es Vida cervical cancer education program in Georgia. If you haven’t checked out the outcomes article in Journal of Cancer Education, please click on the Publications tab.
http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/
SMA Second Opinion Newsletter
Posted on March 21st, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SMA Second Opinion Newsletter
Check out the March 2016 issue of the SMA newsletter Second Opinion. I put together a photoessay titled, “Cervical Cancer Screening in Peru’s Cusco Region.”
Some mountain in Peru
Publication update
Posted on February 24th, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Publication update
Some new articles from our NIH-funded studies have been published recently. Check the publications tab for updates! Here is a picture of a Quiquijana, Peru women’s ego network that will be presented at the upcoming SfAA/SMA meetings in Vancouver, Canada next month.
Salud es Vida Added to Rural Health Information Hub
Posted on January 14th, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Salud es Vida Added to Rural Health Information Hub
For complete information visit:
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/community-health/project-examples/879
Salud es Vida Cervical Cancer Education
Summary
- Need: Hispanic women have the highest incidence rates of cervical cancer among any ethnicity in the United States.
- Intervention: The development of a lay health worker (promotora) curriculum that provides information on cervical cancer, HPV, and the HPV vaccine to Hispanic farmworker women living in rural southern Georgia.
- Results: Significant increases in post-test scores relating to cervical cancer knowledge and increases in positive self-efficacy among promotoras.