Session Title and Objectives

Speaker(s)

Intro.

Title: Introduction and Overview to PA Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factor Project and Workshop

Session Objectives:

1. Identify the three research goals of the BCERF program.
2. Describe barriers to decision making on environmental risk factors

Ann Ward, MA

Session 1

Title: Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Session Objectives:

1. Describe the stages of breast development during the life cycle.
2. List known and suspected risk factors for breast cancer and explain their relationship to estrogen exposure
3. Describe the relationship between breast development, exposure to risk factors and breast cancer.

Nancy Toth, RN, BSN

Hershey Medical Center

Session 2

Title: Diet & Lifestyle Strategies for Risk Factor Reduction

Session Objectives:

1. Explain the current status of research on the relationship between lifestyle choices and breast cancer risk in the areas of diet.(fat, fruits, vegetables)
2. Relate the simple messages for lifestyle strategies for breast cancer reduction that they can use with their clients.
3. Utilize background materials on breast cancer risk reduction for themselves as well as simple tip sheets with strategies for diet and lifestyle risk reduction for use with clients.

Carol Devine, PhD, RD

Cornell University

Session 3

Title: Pesticides and Breast Cancer

Session Objectives:

1. Explain the basic principles of tumor biology and the genes involved in tumorigenesis.
2. Describe the natural history of breast cancer in humans.
3. Describe how known or suspected genes are involved in human breast cancer.
4. Synthesize this information and relate how pesticides may alter breast cancer risk.
5. Describe three ways environmental chemicals can affect breast cancer risk.
6. Describe why limiting exposure to breast carcinogens is important during puberty.
7. Describe what estrogen is and how it works through its receptor.
8. Describe how some pesticides and other chemicals act as "environmental estrogens".
9. Describe two reasons why cell proliferation is important in the development and growth of some breast tumors.

Mike Verderame, PhD, Penn State College of Medicine

Suzanne Snedeker, PhD, RD, Cornell University

Session 4

Title: Assessing Risk Factors and Understanding Epidemiological Studies

Session Objectives:

1. Define the concept of risk.
2. Explain the effect of single and multiple risk factors on adverse outcomes.
3. Describe basic epidemiological study designs and the effect of study population characteristics on study conclusions.
4. Relate the advantages inherent to epidemiological studies.
5. State the problems associated with understanding epidemiological study conclusions.

Nancy Ostiguy, PhD, Penn State University

Session 5

Title: Risk Reduction and Pesticides

Session Objectives:

1. Identify pest control methods that reduce pesticide exposure.
2. Describe methods/practices of reducing chemical exposure when performing household tasks.
3. Describe opportunities to reduce chemical chemical exposure including food sources, indoor and outdoor home pesticide and chemical use, and indoor and outdoor community pesticide and chemical use.

Nancy Ostiguy, PhD, Penn State University

Lyn Garling, MS, Penn State University

Tom Oyler, Pennsylvania Urban Initiative, Penn State University

Kerry Hoffman Richards, MS, Penn State University

Session 6

Title: Communicating About Risk

Session Objectives

1. State the relationship between risk perception and scientific understanding.
2. Describe the various factors influencing perceived risk such as control fairness, familiarity, severity and dread.

Nancy Ostiguy, PhD, Penn State University

Session 7

Title: Community and Educational Strategies for Cancer Risk Reduction Panel Discussion

Session Objectives:

1. Describe types of potential community partners to recruit for environmental programs
2. Brainstorm potential target audiences for environmental risk reduction programming.
3. Identify strengths of the presented programs that can be integrated into environmental risk reduction programs.

Panel Members:

Rugh Henderson, MD, Penn State College of Medicine

Tom Oyler, Pennsylvania Urban Initiative

Session 8

Title: Community and Educational Strategies for Cancer Risk Reduction

Session Objectives:

1. Design a high impact environmental risk reduction program or activity for their community members utilizing the information gained in the workshop.
2. Effectively communicate environmental risk factor information to the public via written materials, the media and appropriate educational activities
3. Identify and recruit appropriate community partners for breast cancer risk reduction programming.

Kathleen Allison, MPH, CHES PA-BCERF Penn State University

Ann Ward, MA NALIC, Penn State University

Session 9

Title: Next Steps

Ongoing Technical Support, Seed Grants,

Evaluation and Data Collection

Session Objectives:

1. Incorporate BCERF technical support into their program planning
2. Cite the three components of BCERF program evaluation and will be able to comply reporting requirements.

Ann Ward, MA

NALIC, Penn State University