BREAST CANCER EDUCATION THROUGH ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS

产品说明： （申请人摘要） 1992年进行的一项调查 教育考试服务中心的调查发现， 美国人口（9000万成年人） 识字水平。 这些人面临的风险更大， 获得必要的预防和治疗保健服务， 信息.建议通过成人进行乳腺癌教育 扫盲方案（BCEALP）项目旨在帮助 这些得不到充分服务的乳腺癌患者和早期发现者 教育 BCEALP是AMC与 癌症研究中心和科罗拉多教育部 成人教育办公室。 通过将扫盲的目标 与乳腺癌教育计划的计划，个人 他们以两种方式参与BCEALP福利：1）他们 获得阅读和识字技能，这将有助于他们发挥作用 更有效地在社会中; 2）他们获得信息和技能 改善她们及其家庭成员的健康状况， 亲密的朋友 BCEALP的具体目标是： 创新乳癌教育计划将纳入 现有的成人基础教育计划，有潜力， 覆盖科罗拉多境内的50多万人; 十个科罗拉多成人基础教育项目;评估BCEALP 使用过程和结果措施;并启动更广泛的 在整个科罗拉多的成人扫盲计划中传播， 全国范围 BCEALP由基于学习者的三个模块组成 科罗拉多部定义的三个识字水平的技能 教育的 每个模块将包含三个不同主题的单元 与乳腺癌有关：第一单元-与医生交谈;第二单元- 乳腺癌：它是什么？第3单元-乳腺癌：我们能做什么 关于它！ 指导设计的教学方法 方案是参与式学习和提出问题的教育。 学习者将在设计方案中发挥积极作用， 在学习过程中，符合成人原则 学习 每个单元将包括利用一个谈话 板，提出了一个问题，为学习者讨论与 教师、录音带和识字技能培养练习， 加强关键的乳腺癌信息被传递在单位。 课堂观察和学员访谈将提供过程 评估措施，并在三个月后进行电话采访， 方案参与将提供成果衡量标准。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) A 1992 survey conducted by the Educational Testing Service found that 47 percent of the United States population (90 million adults) demonstrate low literacy levels. These individuals are at greater risk for not obtaining necessary preventive and therapeutic health services and information. The proposed Breast Cancer Education Through Adult Literacy Programs (BCEALP) project is designed to reach members of this underserved population with breast cancer and early detection education. The BCEALP is a collaborative effort between the AMC Cancer Research Center and the Colorado Department of Education's Adult Education Office. By linking the objectives of a literacy program with those of a breast cancer education program, individuals who participate in the resulting BCEALP benefit in two ways: 1) they acquire reading and literacy skills which will help them to function more effectively in society; and 2) they obtain information and skills to improve their health status and that of their family members and close friends. The specific aims of the BCEALP are: develop an innovative educational program on breast cancer to be integrated into existing Adult Basic Education programs that have the potential of reaching over 500,000 persons within Colorado; pilot the program in ten Colorado Adult Basic Education programs; evaluate the BCEALP using both process and outcome measures; and initiate broader dissemination to adult literacy programs throughout Colorado and nationwide. The BCEALP is comprised of three modules based upon learner skills at three literacy levels as defined by the Colorado Department of Education. Each module will contain three units on different topics related to breast cancer: Unit I - Talking With Your Doctor; Unit 2 - Breast Cancer: What is it?; Unit 3 - Breast Cancer: What We Can Do About It! The pedagogical approaches directing the design of the program are participatory learning and problem-posing education. Learners will be given an active role in designing the program and in the learning process, consistent with the principles of adult learning. Each unit will consist of the utilization of a talk board which poses a problem for the learners to discuss with the instructor, audiotapes, and literacy skills- building exercises which reinforce key breast cancer messages being imparted during the unit. Classroom observation and learner interviews will provide process evaluation measures, and a telephone interview at three months post- program participation will provide outcome measures.