"Cancer--Educate to Prevent"--high-school teachers, the new promoters of cancer prevention education campaigns.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and thus represents a priority for national public health programs. Prevention has been assumed as the best strategy to reduce cancer burden, however most cancer prevention programs are implemented by healthcare professionals, which constrain range and educational impacts. We developed an innovative approach for cancer prevention education focused on high-school biology teachers, considered privileged mediators in the socialization processes. A training program, "Cancer, Educate to Prevent" was applied, so that the teachers were able to independently develop and implement prevention campaigns focused on students and school-related communities. The program encompassed different educational modules, ranging from cancer biology to preven

SUBMITTER: Barros A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4016009 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature