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Redwood, Diana; Provost, Ellen; Lopez, Ellen D. S.; Skewes, Monica; Johnson, Rhonda; Christensen, Claudia; Sacco, Frank; Haverkamp, Donald – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
This article presents the results of a process evaluation of the Alaska Native (AN) Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Family Outreach Program, which encourages CRC screening among AN first-degree relatives (i.e., parents, siblings, adult children; hereafter referred to as relatives) of CRC patients. Among AN people incidence and death rates from CRC are the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cancer, Outreach Programs, Screening Tests
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Souter, Susan J.; Moore, Timothy E. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1990
Describes bereavement support program for survivors of cancer deaths developed by Riverdale Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Presents detailed program evaluation which asked bereaved survivors who were program participants for one year to evaluate program aspects and facilitation of their grief by volunteers. Recommendations for expansion and…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Cancer, Death, Emotional Adjustment
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Glennon, Catherine; Laczko, Lori – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in our society. Tobacco use is responsible for nearly one in five deaths in the United States and the cause of premature death of approximately 2 million individuals in developed countries. Smoking accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths and is a major cause of heart disease, cerebrovascular…
Descriptors: Age, Smoking, Heart Disorders, Nurses