USING AUDIO TO CONVEY MIND/BODY APPROACHES TO CANCER

这个第一阶段的项目将调查利用语音媒体的可行性，介绍癌症患者的心理/身体（行为）的方法来癌症生存，包括压力管理，放松技巧，认知疗法和团体支持。 心灵/身体技术将被描述为补充，而不是替代，医疗。癌症患者将听取和反应的试点录音带开发的一个经验丰富的公共广播制作公司。 音频演示将包括擅长身心干预的卫生专业人员以及经历过此类干预的癌症幸存者。第一阶段的评估将确定试点项目的可理解性和吸引力，以及对听众的知识和态度的影响。在第二阶段，将开发一系列音频产品，传达癌症的身心策略，并在不同人群中进行测试。 将调查患者和其他人的听力体验的特定特征。 这些音频节目最终将在公共广播电台向全国广播，并通过盒式磁带、光盘、互联网音频和其他媒体向癌症患者提供。拟定商业应用：为国家无线电广播发放音频产品许可证;向肿瘤诊所、公共卫生机构、图书馆、咨询中心销售录音带;通过互联网音频渠道传播和销售。

This Phase I project will investigate the feasibility of utilizing the medium of spoken audio to introduce cancer patients to mind/body (behavioral) approaches to cancer survivorship, including stress management, relaxation techniques, cognitive therapy and group support. Mind/body techniques will be described as complementary to, not alternatives for, medical treatment. Cancer patients will listen and react to a pilot audiotape developed by an experienced public radio production company. The audio presentation will feature health professionals skilled in mind/body interventions as well as cancer survivors who have experienced such interventions. A Phase I evaluation will determine the pilot's comprehensibility and appeal as well as its impact upon listeners' knowledge and attitudes. In Phase II, a series of audio productions, conveying mind/body strategies for cancer, will be developed and tested with different populations. The particular characteristics of the listening experience for patients and others will be investigated. The audio programming will eventually be released for national broadcast on public radio and also be made available to cancer patients via cassette tape, compact disc, internet audio and other media. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Licensing of audio product for national radio broadcast; sale of audio cassettes to oncology clinics, public health agencies, libraries, counseling centers; dissemination and sale through internet audio channels.