The SCRRDOH research team on assignment in Bronson, Florida. Pictured from left to right are Danielle Agyemang, Adam Dzedzy, Juan Rivera and our community liaison Cynthia Clark. The research team along with Steve Newell (graduate student in the department of psychology) and John Marks (SCRRDOH Research Coordinator) conducted a two week community based research study involving 120 participants from Archer, Bronson, Williston, Chiefland, and Gainesville.
The Center's publication "Disparities in Knowledge of Mouth or Throat Cancer among Rural Floridians" is now available online.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jrh.12003/abstract
The Oral Cancer Foundation's Gainesville Walk for Oral Cancer Awareness is May 18. 2013.
http://www.facebook.com/events/348826285230613/?fref=ts
The Center's publication "Developing an Oropharyngeal Cancer (OPC) Knowledge and Behaviors Survey." is now available online.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375173/
Dr. Logan shared the Center’s research and it’s impact on "Addressing Head and Neck Cancer Disparities through Community Engagement" at the 2012 Men’s Health Expo.
Men's Health Expo
Cynthia Clark, Community Liaison met with Dr. Akaji and several residents to identify the unique health care needs of the Silver Springs Shores community.
Silver Springs Shores Resource Center
The Center’s publication “"Barriers to Oral Cancer Screening: A Focus Group Study of Rural Black American Adults"” is now available online.
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