PHEN Community Outreach Initiatives and Their Impact
PHEN implements community awareness and education initiatives targeting the public, patients and community institutions. This session will review the progress of these efforts based on information gathered from surveys collected during the performance of these efforts, and from community leaders. Discussions will focus on strategies to further increase prostate cancer awareness within communities and to expand community participation towards eliminating the prostate cancer racial disparity.
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Watch VideoThe Prostate Cancer Disparity Rally 4-year Progress and Accomplishments and Future Directions
Panelists:
Mr. Adrian Council, CEO and Publisher, The Positive Community Magazine, Montclair, NJ
Mr. Jerry Knight, PHEN Ambassador, Founder, You’re Not Alone Prostate Cancer Self Help Support Group, Jackson, MS
Dr. Eric Wallen, Professor, UNC Department of Urology, University of North Carolina, NC
Dr. Floyd Willis, Family Physician, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Ms. Catherine Young, Director of the Mississippi State Department of Health Comprehensive Cancer Control office of Preventative Health Equity, Montclair, NJ
Audience Questions & Answers
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