Handbook of Cancer Control and Behavioral Science: A Resource for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433803585 ISBN 13: 9781433803581

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn, 2008

Synopsis

This text is a synthesis of what is known, what is suspected, and what is still unknown about core behavioural and sociocultural aspects of cancer control.

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About the Author

Suzanne M. Miller, PhD, is senior member of the Division of Population Science at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the director of the Psychosocial and Behavioral Medicine Program, the Behavioral Core Facility, and the Behavioral Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer. She is also the director of the Intervention Development and Measurement Core of the Cancer Information Service Research Consortium. Her funded research focuses on applying biobehavioral principles to promote the uptake of cancer prevention and control technologies. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine and serves in leadership positions at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), American Cancer Society (ACS), and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. She was awarded the Partners in Research Award from the NCI's Cancer Information Service and the Cancer Control Award from the ACS.

Deborah J. Bowen, PhD, is a full professor and chair in the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, at Boston University. Dr. Bowen is currently an investigator in the regional Cancer Prevention Network, focused on community-based research on cancer prevention targets. She is a coinvestigator on the regional Native American Community Health Network, a group of investigators and community health experts working to conduct research and training in Native communities in the West. Dr. Bowen has been an investigator in the coordinating centers of three large multicenter prevention trials of health behavior change.

Robert T. Croyle, PhD, is the director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. Previously, he was the division's associate director for behavioral research. Before moving to the National Cancer Institute in 1998, Dr. Croyle was a professor of psychology and member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Dr. Croyle received his PhD in social psychology from Princeton University and his BA in psychology from the University of Washington. His research has focused on psychological responses to risk-factor testing and screening. In 2002, Dr. Croyle received a Meritorious Research Service Commendation from the American Psychological Association Board of Scientific Affairs.

Julia H. Rowland, PhD, is the director of the Office of Cancer Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as well as a long-time clinician, researcher, and teacher in the area of psychosocial aspects of cancer. She has worked and conducted research among both pediatric and adult cancer survivors and their families, published broadly in psychooncology, and coedited the groundbreaking text Handbook of Psychooncology: Psychological Care of the Patient With Cancer. Dr. Rowland received her PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and trained and worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for many years. She served as founding director of the Psycho-Oncology Program at Georgetown University and the Lombardi Cancer Center prior to joining the NCI.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1433803585
• ISBN 13: 9781433803581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 652
• Editor: Miller Suzanne M., Bowen Deborah J. Ph.d., Croyle Robert T., Rowland Julia H.