APOS
4th Annual Conference |
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- 4 March 2007
Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas, USA |
Symposia and Session Details
Updated:
23 February, 2007
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See also the Conference Program |
Symposia
Friday, 2 March 2007, 10:30
AM – 12:15 PM
Problem-Solving Education and Counseling for Cancer Patients and Their Family
Caregivers: Research Findings and Clinical Implications for Serving Diverse
Socio-economic and Ethnic Groups
Peter Houts PhD, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Matthew Loscalzo MSW, Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
James Zabora ScD, The Catholic University of America
Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater PhD, UC Davis School of Medicine
Saturday,
3 March 2007, 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Collaborative Cancer Survivorship Research
in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer PhD, UCLA
Grace Yoo PhD, MPH, San Francisco State University
Ellen G Levine PhD, MPH, San Francisco State University
Beverly Lynn, San Francisco State University
Kimlin Ashing-Giwa PhD, City of Hope National Medical Center
Anna Napoles-Springer PhD, University of California
Sora Tanjasiri DrPH, MPH, California State University
Concurrent Sessions
I - Methods and Measurements
Friday,
2 March 2007, 10:30
AM – 12:15 PM
Assessing Treatment Fidelity in a Navigator Coping and Communication
Support Intervention for Advanced Cancer
Rosanne Radziewicz APRN, BC, MetroHealth Medical Center
Patient-Reported Outcomes: Update on the Mayo–FDA Joint Meeting Publications
Amylou Dueck PhD, Mayo Clinic
Defining Psychosocial Eligibility Criteria for BMT: A Team Process
Teri Simoneau PhD, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Measuring Hopelessness at the End of Life
Barry Rosenfeld PhD, Fordham University
Optimism and Emotional Well-Being in Women with Breast Cancer: The Role of Mediators
Ellyn Matthews PhD, UCDHSC
II - Survivorship
Friday,
2 March 2007, 10:30
AM – 12:15 PM
Intimacy-Enhancing Intervention for Women with Early Stage Breast
Cancer and Their Partners
Sharon Manne PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Assessing the Health Care Needs of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
and Survivors
Brad Zebrack PhD, MSW, University of Southern California
Information, Support and Practical Services for Women with Advanced (Metastatic)
Breast Cancer: An Online Survey of Needs and Preferences
Musa Mayer MS, Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Psychological and Physical Factors Related to Sexual Functioning in Breast
Cancer Survivors
Heidi King MA, University of South Florida
I Made it through: Pride and Resilience in BMT Survivors
Karen Hurley PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
III - Minority and Underserved Populations
Friday, 2 March 2007, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Grupo Esperanza: A Culturally-Sensitive Model of Group Support
for a Spanish-Speaking Cancer Population
Mercedes Garcia-Mohr LCSW,OSW-C and Sara Fainstein MPH, PhD, Rebecca & John
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Moving Forward: A Lifestyle Program for African-American Breast Cancer Survivors
Melinda Stolley PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Screening for Distress in a Multicultural Society: A Potentially Cost-Effective
Methodology
Bejoy Thomas PhD, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Social Barriers to Cancer Screening among Old-Old Adults
Eva Kahana PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Adjustment to Mastectomy in Socio-economically Disadvantaged Black Women:
The Role of Social Support
Joan Beder MSW, DSW, Yeshiva University
IV - Symptom Management
Friday, 2 March
2007, 2:00
PM – 3:30 PM
A Single-Item Rapid Screen for Distress:
Validation of the Distress Thermometer
Talia Weiss, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The Effect of Depressed Mood in Mothers with Breast Cancer on Their Children's
Illness-Related Concerns
Beth Grabiak MSN,CRNP, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Prospective Study of Quality of Life of Patients Receiving Treatment for Prostate
Cancer: Six and 12 Month Outcomes
Elise Lev EdD, RN, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Constructive Relationship-Talk in Lung Cancer: Associations with Psychological
and Marital Functioning for Patients and Their Partners
Hoda Badr PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
V - Quality of Life
Friday, 2 March
2007, 2:00
PM – 3:30 PM
Anxiety, Quality of Life and Chemotherapy Adherence among Patients
with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Joseph Greer PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Young Women with Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Age Differences across
Quality of Life Domains
Veronica Reis PhD
Health Behaviors and Health-Related Quality of Life of Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Survivors: Results from the ECHOS-NHL Study
Keith Bellizzi PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute
The Influence of Baseline Psychosocial Well-Being on Hospitalization and Survival
following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Margaret Bevans PhD, RN, National Institutes of Health
VI - Models and Systems of Care Delivery
Friday,
2 March 2007, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
The Pearls and Perils of Program Development: The Case of
Indiana University's Complete Life Program
Shelley Johns PsyD and Lori N Losee MA,
Indiana University Cancer Center
Development and Implementation of Online Psychosocial Services for Cancer:
Proof of Concept for a Research-Based Internet Social Networking Site
Jason Owen PhD, MPH, Loma Linda University
The Patient Decision-Making Experience for the Surgical Treatment of Colorectal
Liver Metastases: A Qualitative Interview Study
Laurence McCahill MD, University of Vermont
Those Teams are Our Friends: Using Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Launch
SW Service and Psychosocial Research in an Ambulatory Pancreatic Oncology Clinic
Chris Henrickson LMSW, BCD, University of Michigan Health System
VII - Symptom Management
Friday,
2 March 2007, 4:00
PM – 5:30 PM
Help with Alopecia Adjustment through Image Representations
System
Elizabeth McGarvey EdD, University of Virginia
Substandard Depression Treatment in Veterans with Cancer
Laura Jones PhD, Roudebush VAMC
Impact of Delirium on Cognition, Distress and Health-Related Quality of Life
following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Catherine Alfano PhD, The Ohio State University
VIII - Caregiver/Family Issues
Friday,
2 March 2007, 4:00
PM – 5:30 PM
Short-Term Efficacy of an Educational Program for Mothers
and Children Impacted by Breast Cancer: Results from a Six State Randomized
Clinical Trial of the Enhancing Connections Program
Frances Marcus Lewis PhD, University of Washington
Exploring the Roles of Partners, Adult Children and Friends in the Prostate
Cancer Experience
Diane Mitschke PhD, University of Texas at Arlington
Quality of Life of Caregivers of Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Three Cohorts
Comparison
Youngmee Kim PhD, American Cancer Society
The Influence of Developmental Life Stage on Couples' Experiences with Prostate
Cancer: Findings and Implications for Practice
Janet Harden PhD, Wayne State University
IX - Symptom Management
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Hypnosis Reduces Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized
Prospective Study
Gary Elkins PhD, Baylor University
Risk Factors for Enduring Fatigue in Women Treated for Early-Stage Breast
Cancer
Wayne Bardwell PhD, University of California, San Diego
Comparing Symptom versus Patient Level Response Categories for Assessing the
Impact of a Two-Arm Symptom Management Trial
Charles Given PhD, Michigan State University
Are Cancer Survivors Receiving Adequate Communication about Medical Tests
and Symptoms Management from Their Follow-up Care Physicians?
Neeraj Arora PhD, National Cancer Institute
Recognition of Depression and Anxiety among Colorectal Cancer Patients
Amy Zhang PhD, Case Western Reserve University
X - Survivorship
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Long-term Psychosocial Adjustment of Older vs.
Younger Survivors of Breast and Endometrial Cancer
Alice Kornblith PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Post-traumatic Growth and the Shift
toward Intrinsic Goals during Cancer Treatment
Sean Ransom PhD, Brigham
Young University – Hawaii
Employment Experiences of Cancer Survivors
Tenbroeck Smith MA, American
Cancer Society
Follow-Up Care in Cancer Survivors: Newsletters Can't Do it Alone, A Report
from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Ann Mertens PhD, University of Minnesota
Survivors as an Informational Resource
for Cancer Patients: What Are Their Effects on Patients?
Christine Rini PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
XI - Minority and Underserved Populations
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Culturally Relevant Educational Brochures for Colorectal Cancer Screening
among African Americans
Lina Jandorf MA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
An Efficacy Study of the Body-Mind-Spirit Intervention and Supportive Expressive
Therapy on Emotional Suppression in Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors
Phyllis Lo, The University of Hong Kong
Reaching Spanish-Speaking Families Impacted by a Brain Tumor Diagnosis: A
Review of the Literature and Results from a Qualitative Investigation
Harriet Patterson MPH, National Brain Tumor Foundation
The Meaning of Cancer Survivorship for Hispanic/Latino Adolescents: A Qualitative
Pilot Study
Barbara Jones PhD, MSW, UT Austin
XII - Models and Systems of Care Delivery
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Development of Evidence-Based Practice within a Community Oncology Setting
Paul Clark ABD, Inova Fairfax Hospital
Development of PsychoSocialOncology
Jamal Khatib MD, King Hussein Cancer
Center
Emerging Models of Web-Based
Cancer Support Services
Kevin Stein PhD, American Cancer
Society
Schwartz Center Rounds: Creating Space to Enhance Caregiver Compassion
Marta Metz LMSW, MPH, Henry Ford Health System
XIII - Quality of Life
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Risk Perception, Self-efficacy and Cancer Survivorship: Testing the Risk Perception Attitude Framework in Adult Cancer Survivors
Ellen Beckjord PhD, MPH, National Cancer
Institute
The Prevalence of Mixed Anxiety-Depression by Cancer Type
Tomer Levin MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Symptoms and Coping: A Phase Model of Intensive Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
Carolyn Heitzmann, University
of Notre Dame
Cognitive Functioning and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Heather Jim PhD, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
XIV - Palliative Care
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Caregivers' Differing Needs at Key Experiences of the Advanced Cancer Disease Trajectory: The Need to Use Specific Markers for Research and Intervention
Lori DuBenske PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Hypnosis for Palliative Symptom Management
Joel Marcus PsyD, Cancer Therapy and Research Center
In Good Hands: Dignity Therapy and a Mother's Legacy in End-of-Life Cancer
Care
Shannon Poppito PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Transdisciplinary Palliative Care Education
Shirley Otis-Green LCSW, City of
Hope National Medical Center
XV - Quality of Life
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 3:30
PM – 5:00 PM
Predictors of Positive Life Changes in the Personal and Health Behavior Domains
Thomas Blank PhD, University of Connecticut
Self-blame, Self-forgiving Attitude and Spirituality as Predictors
of Mood and Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer in
a Public Sector Setting
Catherine Romero PhD, Baylor College
of Medicine
Spiritual Expression and Spiritual Care: A Comparison of Oncology and
Non-Oncology Nurses
Anne Belcher PhD, Johns Hopkins University
School of Nursing
Spirituality and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation
Treatment: Preliminary Multifactor Analysis
Amy Fuller PhD, St Mary's
University
XVI - Psychosocial Interventions
Saturday, 3 March 2007, 3:30
PM – 5:00 PM
Changes in Depression, Anxiety and Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Following
an Individual Intervention for Women with Advanced Stage Ovarian Cancer
Kimberly Doyle MA, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Impact of Online Cancer Support Groups in Promoting Quality Psychosocial Cancer
Care
Gul Seckin PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Implementation of a Randomized Telephone Support Intervention by
Volunteer Peer Counselors for Breast Cancer Survivors
Rebecca Crane-Okada PhD, RN, John Wayne Cancer Institute
Improving Employment among Gynecologic Cancer Survivors
Linda Frazier MD, MPH, University of
Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita
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