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Breast Cancer and Environment - Peer Education Tool Kit
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The Breast Cancer and Environment Peer Education Tool Kit is a program designed to
increase awareness of breast cancer risk factors and modifiable environmental factors
relevant to teens. Zero Breast Cancer created this peer education single lesson module
targeted to teens, based on current breast cancer research and a formative community
assessment of Marin County teachers, parents and adolescent girls. This co-educational
lesson module was pilot-tested with 9th and 10th graders, in partnership with the
Tamalpais Union High School District and the Sir Francis Drake High School Peer
Resource program in Marin County, California. Teachers, peer educators and student
participants contributed their perspectives to the project evaluation. The evaluation
showed that this module significantly increased students' knowledge of breast cancer
factors and risk reduction behaviors, and that students were able to develop a personal
action plan with the lesson information.
Zero Breast Cancer, a non-profit organization that involves the community in the
research process, has refined the module instructional materials with suggestions from
teachers and students. The Breast Cancer and Environment - Peer Education Tool Kit is
based on research into adolescent development and lifestyle and environmental exposures
associated with lifetime breast cancer risk. Working with peer health education experts
and breast cancer specialists, Zero Breast Cancer has created a groundbreaking breast
cancer program that can be used by schools and health educators in communities looking
for creative ways to reach teens with breast cancer risk reduction messages.
The Breast Cancer and Environment - Peer Education Tool Kit lesson module can be
presented in a single class lesson, or divided into a sequence of advanced preparation,
peer-education activities, with follow-up classroom applications as part of a health
curriculum for adolescents, ages 14 - 17.
This tool kit consists of:
Acknowledgements:
The Breast Cancer and Environment - Peer Education Tool Kit has been
developed with funding from the Avon Foundation, the NIEHS Bay Area Breast Cancer
and Environment Research Center, To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, the
Marin Community Foundation, and Zero Breast Cancer community supporters. Zero Breast
Cancer collaborated with students and teachers from Sir Francis Drake High School
Peer Resource and the Tamalpais Union High School District in Marin County,
California, in the pilot project evaluation of this lesson module. Community
advisors from Kaiser Permanente, the Marin Cancer Institute, the UCSF Cancer Risk
Program, and breast cancer advocates contributed to the lesson curriculum. Project
consultants were Meyla Ruwin, Ira Sachnoff, and Dr. Martin Forst, Program Evaluator.
The Zero Breast Cancer Board and Staff, Janice Barlow-Executive Director, and
Susan Schwartz -Education Director are acknowledged for their commitment to the
Adolescent Breast Cancer Education Program, 2003-2006.
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