Free iTunes App: LIVESTRONG English/Spanish Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Jul 8th
The LIVESTRONG English-Spanish Dictionary of Cancer Terms by Springbox, Ltd., is available online as a free app from iTunes.
By downloading the dictionary app, individuals can find definitions for cancer-related terms in both English and Spanish, searching more than 6,000 definitions provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Users can switch views between languages to facilitate translation.
No Internet access is required for use of the app, a joint project of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and NCI.
SaludToday/IHPR Researcher Helps LIVESTRONG Expand Outreach to Latino Cancer Survivors
Jun 3rd
Sandra San Miguel de Majors
The Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LIVESTRONG campaign is expanding its bilingual outreach to Latino cancer survivors through enhanced multi-media resources, developed with the help of Sandra San Miguel de Majors, a research instructor at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.
LIVESTRONG’s effort aims to help more Latinos affected by cancer by increasing visibility and access to bilingual resources on the Internet, cell devices and media.
The campaign Web site, LIVESTRONG.org/espanol, for example, underwent major enhancements, adding new videos, audio features and links to Facebook and Twitter messages, thanks to content developed in part by San Miguel de Majors.
San Miguel de Majors also developed scripts for educational Webisodes and radio ads.
She also is overseeing efforts to promote LAF’s online training curriculum for promotores, community members trained to educate their peers in healthy behaviors and increase access to resources for cancer survivors. She is leading a workshop June 14 in Austin, Texas, to train promotores from across the nation.
“Being fully bicultural with 14 years experience in health promotion and working with the Latino community, I was proud to be selected to co-lead the LIVESTRONG National Hispanic/Latino Media Campaign and to lead future efforts to reach this population,” San Miguel de Majors said. “The Latino population, a fast-growing mosaic of cultures, suffers a tremendous cancer burden, and these new multi-media resources are designed to help more Latinos survive and thrive.”
Read more about LIVESTRONG’s new resources in English or Spanish.
Event: LIVESTRONG Training in San Antonio May 15
May 11th
The Lance Armstrong Foundation’s is conducting a LIVESTRONG Action Workshop in San Antonio to provide advocates training in the skills needed to lead the local fight against cancer.
The event is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 15, 2010, at the Courtyard Marriott, 80 NE Loop 410.
The training session will include opportunities to engage in Smoke-Free Texas and Smoke-Free San Antonio efforts. Advocates learn how to meaningfully communicate with decision makers, gain the attention of the local media and utilize their stories to put a “human face” on the cancer crisis.
To find out more and sign up, e-mail training@livestrong.org.
LAF, Others Host Free Training for Promotores in Austin, Texas
Mar 15th
On Friday, April 23, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Migrant Clinicians Network and Ventanilla de Salud are hosting a free, all-day training for community health workers at St. David’s Foundation in Austin, Texas.
The LIVESTRONG Cancer Survivorship Training provides community health workers, often known as promotores in Latino communities, the tools and strategies to promote cancer survivors to keep track of their physical, day-to-day, and emotional concerns of cancer survivorship.
Workshops will be taught in English and Spanish.
Space is limited, so reservations are required and provided on a first come first serve basis. For a reservation, contact Annie Crawford at 512-478-2866, ext. 117, or acrawford@capitalahec.org.