Community Health Awareness, Messaging and Prevention during a Pandemic
Working with community partners largely in faith-based communities, Cheryl Knott, PhD, and Nate Woodard are trying to increase the early detection of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.\n\nWith the support of American Cancer Society funding, their team trains church members to become community health advisers who deliver cancer early detection workshops in African American Churches.\n\nCheryl L. Knott, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health in the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Nate Woodard is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in Dr. Knott\u2019s lab.\n\n3:52 \u2013 The Community Health Awareness, Messaging and Prevention (CHAMP) program\n\n6:07 \u2013 The role played by African American churches in cancer health promotion\n\n8:35 \u2013 On training church members to serve as community health advisors and present evidence-based cancer educational workshops\n\n11:34 \u2013 The impact of these workshops\n\n13:51 \u2013 The upside and downside of virtual training to compensate for the impossibility of face-to-face workshops during the pandemic \n\n20:15 \u2013 The challenge of scalability, given the importance of building relationships at a local level\n\n22:24 \u2013 How to weigh cancer prevention needs and recommendations during a pandemic\n\n28:32 \u2013 Their message for cancer patients and caregivers