Women's cancer screening and cultural issues

March 19, 2022

This community education event will be held in Nepali language. 

This live webinar titled, Women's Cancer Screening and Cultural Issues, is a community education event that will be held on March 19th, 2022 on zoom.  This conference will feature inspirational speakers and present the latest breast and cervical cancer screening updates. This interactive conference will address barriers to women's cancer screening faced by immigrant women in the USA and provide helpful resources. 

Registration is FREE.

There is no fee to attend this event. Click here to register.

This is NOT a CME accredited conference.

This program is supported with a community grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

Target Audience

The target audience for this webinar are:

  • Nepali speaking people interested in learning about women's cancer screening

 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course learners will be able to:

1. Describe the risks and benefits of cancer screening

2. List current indications for women's cancer

3. State the financial, physical and cultural challenges to cancer screening

4. Describe strategies to navigate barriers to cancer screening

Course summary
Course opens: 
02/15/2022
Course expires: 
03/19/2022
Event starts: 
03/19/2022 - 8:00am PDT
Event ends: 
03/19/2022 - 11:00am PDT
Cost:
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09:00 AM - 08:10 AM: Welcome, introductions, and opening remarks - Nitin Thapa, MD, ND

09:10 AM - 09:25 AM: Cancer screening - introduction and overview - Binay Shah, MD, MHA
09:25 AM - 09:40 AM: Breast cancer screening - why and when? - Siddhartha Yadav, MBBS, MD
09:40 AM - 10:00 AM: Q & A

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM: Break

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM: Cancer screening and cultural issues - Maya Magarati, PhD
10:25 AM - 10:40 AM: Cervical cancer screening - awareness and guidelines for the community - Pramoj Adhikari, RN, DNP Student
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM: Q & A

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This community education event is Free.

There is no fee to attend this cancer education activity designed for Nepali speaking community members. Please register below to get a zoom link for the event. We will also broadcast the live webinar on Facebook. Please send your questions to [email protected]

 

Link to Zoom registration:

https://binayfoundation-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdOGqrjwqG9JWm_4H5uW-MAX7-g8APg6U