Presentations
The presentations consist of a series of five workshops to train advocates and health educators and a sixth workshop on developing a community presentation.
I: The Basics of Breast Cancer and the Environment
- Known and suspected environmental risk factors
- How evidence of risk is determined and weighed
- Endocrine disrupting chemicals(EDCs) and carcinogens in wide use
- Windows of susceptibility and low dose exposures
- Importance of the Precautionary Principle – better safe than sorry
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II: Avoiding Risk from Personal Care Products
- How do we know what chemical ingredients are in personal care products? Learning how to read labels and truth in advertising
- Personal care products with ingredients that may increase the breast cancer risk in general and specifically for African-Americans
- How to find and choose safer, affordable personal care products
- The importance of the Precautionary Principle
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III: Toxic Environmental Exposures in Consumer Products
- Pesticides and methods to limit household exposure; safer pest control
- Plastics – how to prevent exposure and make safer choices
- Household cleaning products with chemicals of concern – most brand names, air fresheners, toilet bowl sanitizers, mothballs, canned foods lined with BPA candles
- Label reading and making safer and affordable choices
- PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) used in non-stick cookware; safer choices
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IV: Steps to Success in Policy Reform
- Individuals and organizations that influence environmental conditions and policies in your life
- Steps necessary to take action on an issue of concern to the community
- Techniques for meeting and talking with decision makers such as a landlord or a legislator
- Examples of how evidence based science and the Precautionary Principle have been used to influence changes in policies and regulations
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V: How to Communicate About Breast Cancer and the Environment to Diverse Lay Audiences
- Recognition of different adult learning styles
- Recognition of different communication styles that community members may use in group education programs
- Recognition of the breast cancer advocate’s roles as a communicator and educator
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VI: Developing a Presentation for the Community
- Prioritize content ideas from the five previous workshops
- Develop an outline for a community presentation on breast cancer and the environment
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