Nova Scotia Chapter of CANO Spring Workshop
Location
The registration deadline for our CANO spring workshop is one week away - Friday, April 16th.
Our two excellent guest speakers (Dan Steeves B. Ed, D.A.U.S, Stop Smoking Specialist & Scott Janssen, MSW,RSW, Clinical Team Leader, Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services) will highlight the crucial role that health care providers play in promoting smoking cessation.
You will learn why patients (and loved ones) have particular difficulty quitting, the harmful impact of nicotine addiction and how we as healtcare providers can have "teachable moments" that can positively affect a health behavior change.
"Successful cancer treatment can be significantly compromised by continued tobacco use. Because motivation and interest in smoking cessation increase after cancer diagnosis, a window of opportunity exists during which healthcare providers can intervene and assist in the quitting process... Continued smoking after cancer diagnosis has substantial adverse effects on treatment effectiveness, overall survival, risk of second primary malignancies, and quality of life."
(Cancer 2006 Jan 1;106(1): 17-27.Successes and failures of the teachable moment:smoking cessation in cancer patients. Gritz ER, Fingeret MC, Vidrine DJ, Lazey AB, Mehta NV, Reece GP.)
Presenters:
Dan Steeves B. Ed, D.A.U.S, Stop Smoking Specialist Scott Janssen, MSW,RSW, Clinical Team Leader Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services Capital District Health Authority, Halifax
Cost:
$ 25 Non-CANO members
$ 20 CANO members
Lunch & mid-morning coffee break provided
Registration Deadline:
Friday, April 16th, 2010
*Feel free to mail registration (see attached poster & form) OR drop-off registration form & cheque at my office on 3B Centennial Building (Room 3117), VG Hospital site, Halifax by April 16th.*
