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Galway Consensus Conference and those of the International Union
for Health Promotion and Education CompHP Project. This presentation
will describe efforts now under way to meet the challenges of
developing health promotion capacity in Kazakhstan and modernizing
its public health workforce as part of broader public health policy, systems,
and environmental change. The presentation will provide: 1) an
overview of the demographic and epidemiologic profile of Kazakhstan;
2) the results from a population-based survey of public attitudes (N
= 4,497) toward the health improvement process and opinions about
the health care system in Kazakhstan, including respondent views on
health-related social capital and critical issues in the development of
intersectoral approaches; and 3) the results and an eight-dimension
spidergram from a health promotion capacity mapping exercise. The
results suggest that policy makers and public health specialists should
work out new vision concerning understanding health promotion
issues in the country to develop competency-based standards for
professional practice. Implications of these findings for developing
health promotion capacity and public health workforce competence in
Kazakhstan will be discussed.
4. *The New Mexico Colorectal Cancer White Paper:
Development and Future Plans
Noell Stone, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; Richard Hoffman,
MD, MPH, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center;
Christine Brown, MS, NM Department of Health Comprehensive
Cancer Program; Beth Pinkerton, Comprehensive Cancer Program
Background: The New Mexico Cancer Council is a collaborative
effort of diverse public and private partners working together to
combat cancer in the state. The Council first targeted colorectal cancer
(CRC) as a priority area in 2009 and commissioned the CRC White
Paper Report to provide an overview of the current status of CRC
in New Mexico. The report is intended to serve as a comprehensive
overview of relevant colorectal cancer issues for New Mexicans,
including a description of colorectal cancer epidemiology, risk factors,
screening tests, treatments, costs, survivorship, programs, and policy
recommendations. Partnerships: This is a university-communityagency
collaboration engaged in a participatory research policy study
to examine CRC in New Mexico. Partnerships include the NM
Cancer Council, the CRC workgroup, the New Mexico Department
of Health Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, the University of
New Mexico Cancer Center Division Of Population Sciences, among
others. Theoretical Framework, Methods and Proposed Interventions:
A socio-ecologic framework guided our investigations. We used the
following methods: review of the medical literature, analysis of tumor
registry and screening data, key informant interviews and stakeholder
meetings. The information presented in the report is intended to be
an intermediate step with the intention to ultimately inform systems
change and policy decisions by the state legislature, healthcare systems,
and stakeholder advocacy groups for allocating resources to colorectal
cancer screening, surveillance, and treatment programs in the state.
Implications: The systematic exploration of multi-level influences on
CRC policy in New Mexico is particularly relevant in an era of changing
health care priorities and allocation of resources due to impending
health care reform. We used a combination of participatory approaches
and traditional public health research methods to integrate and link
the descriptive epidemiology of CRC and the multi-faceted environment
in which policy and practice are evolving.
5. Baby Steps to Success: Utilizing the Chronic Disease Self-
Management Program with Caregivers of Children with Sickle
Cell Disease
Lisa Shook, MA, CHES, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital - Sickle Cell
Center; Gwendolyn D. Brown, BA, University of Cincinnati
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited, lifelong chronic disease,
that affects the red blood cells. SCD is typically diagnosed at birth
through newborn screening. Raising a child with SCD impacts the
entire family. Learning self-efficacy and self-management tools, using
evidence-based techniques, has been shown to lead to better health
outcomes and improved quality of life in adults with chronic illnesses.
The Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
(CDSMP) has been utilized primarily with adults living with chronic
illnesses. Our innovative program targeted caregivers of children with
SCD. Caregivers participated in a 6-week pilot CDSMP program. The
curriculum included communicating with health professionals; coping
with difficult emotions; and creating a health behavior action plan.
The pilot group consisted of 10 caregivers (ages 19 – 69 years old). The
caregivers’ children ranged in age from 9 months – 16 years old. Six
participants attended all 6 sessions, and 4 parents missed 1 session due
to illness and/or scheduling conflicts. Evaluation data showed 100%
of participants would recommend the program to other parents. Posttests
revealed chronic disease self-management knowledge increased
15% after the program. Follow-up surveys at 6 months and 1 year postprogram
show caregivers still utilize the self-management techniques
with their children. A second group of caregivers recently completed
the program, and a third is beginning in January 2011. Interventions
aimed at increasing self-efficacy and self-management may help caregivers
of young children provide better care to their children. These
types of interventions may also improve caregivers’ disease knowledge
and motivation to adhere with clinic visits and treatment recommendations,
which leads to better disease management and outcomes for
the child with SCD.
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