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CopyThe OSU Oklahoma Area Health Education Center, The Southeast Area Health Education Center located at Carl Albert College, Peachtree Hospice, Kiamichi
Technology Centers, My favorite Things Rowers and Gifts, and Body Works fitness andRehabilitation will conduct a free cancer survivorship education session at CASC Ballroom, 1507 South McKenna, Poteau, OK.
This is the one of several two-hour cancer survivorship education sessions tobeoffered throughout rural Oklahomafor the next three years.
The sessions are based on the LIVESTRONG â„¢ materials created by the Lance Armstrong Foundation
The sessions will provide important and helpful information and resources to people who have been diagnosed with cancer including friends, family members and others who are impacted by their cancer.
"Many people when they are diagnosed with cancer naturally begin to have questions including how the cancer will impact their health, howto find the best treatments, how to explain the disease to their children, what financial preparations should be made and ways to deal with themany emotions that naturally surface, " said Toni Hart, Program Manager.
The sessions focus on three primary questions people affected by cancer should ask theirphysicians: l)Whatismy main problem? 2) What do I need to do? and 3) Why is it important for me to do this?. The sessions not only provide helpful information and resources but provide a system for recording information and keeping everything organized.
Partnering with the Oklahoma Area Health Education Centers to make these sessions possible are SE Area Health Education Center Cancer Survivors in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Comprehensive Cancer Network, Cherokee Nation, INTEGRIS, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, OU Cancer Center, and OSU Center for Rural Health.To register for the free September 11th session or for more information, call 918-647-8611.
Participants may also register online by visiting Vvwwb5althsciences.0kstate.ed1y research/ahec or email okahec@okstate.edu.
About Oklahoma Area Health Education Center
TheOklahomaArea Health Education Center(OKAHEC) is part of the Center for Rural Health at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.
OKAHEC's central goal is to improveaccess to health care inrural Oklahoma OKAHEC is a community-state-federal partnership established in 1984 that coordinates a statewide network of health education centers that facilitate a regional approach to multidisciplinary and community-based health education, training and recruitment of health professionals. OKAHEC coordinates its program goals with four regional AHEC centers, state health agencies, health professional training programs, practitioners, educational institutions, community leaders and many others.
About OSU Medicine Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, Okla, offers programs in osteopathic medicine, biomedical sciences and forensic sciences, with an emphasis on preparing physicians for rural and under-served Oklahoma
The OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine has been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top medical schools in the nation for the past seven years. Moreinformationabout OSU Center for Health Sciences is available at wwwhealfeciences.okstate.edu
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