Meeting the Cancer Prevention and Care Needs of North Carolina’s Indigenous Communities-SPOC

Ronny Bell, PhD, MS, and Marc Emerson, PhD, MPH, in this collaborative session will provide context regarding the cancer disparities and efforts to address these disparities for American Indians and Alaska Natives across the US. Dr. Bell will provide context for understanding and addressing cancer disparities among American Indians in North Carolina.

Target Audience

These courses are intended for medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, hematologists, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, physician assistants, radiologic technologists, researchers, pharmacists, trainees, allied health personnel, and others who are interested in care for patients and survivors in North Carolina.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Distinguish how cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives nationally and efforts to address these disparities.
  • Explain how cancer disparities among American Indians in North Carolina.
  • Identify challenges in addressing cancer disparities for American Indians in North Carolina.

 

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
02/18/2022
Course expires: 
12/31/2028
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Ronny Bell, PhD, MS

Director, Office of Cancer Health Equity
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
Professor
Social Sciences and Health Policy
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Wake Forest Baptist Health

 

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Marc Emerson, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

This Non-Credit Course does not have accreditation. It only offers general participation certificates.

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