Circle Of Life Cancer Education: Giving Voice to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

The Circle Of Life (COL) was first developed in 1991 as a breast health program through a partnership between the American Cancer Society and a committee of lay and professional volunteers in Oklahoma, with representation from Oklahoma American Indian tribal communities. In 2008, The Society was awa...

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Published in:Journal of cancer education 2013-09, Vol.28 (3), p.565-572
Main Authors: Vogel, Octavia, Cowens-Alvarado, Rebecca, Eschiti, Valerie, Samos, Markos, Wiener, Diane, Ohlander, Kerstin, Royals, Deborah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alaska
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer Research
Communication
Community Networks
Experiential Learning
Health education
Health Education - methods
Health promotion
Humans
Indians, North American - education
Native North Americans
Neoplasms - ethnology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Resource Materials
Risk Reduction Behavior
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:The Circle Of Life (COL) was first developed in 1991 as a breast health program through a partnership between the American Cancer Society and a committee of lay and professional volunteers in Oklahoma, with representation from Oklahoma American Indian tribal communities. In 2008, The Society was awarded funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand and enhance COL. Since then, The Society has engaged a variety of tribal health and education leaders and Society staff to comprise a COL advisory workgroup. The workgroup’s mission was to make recommendations and provide guidance in the revision of COL. Four cultural values emerged from the engagement of the workgroup: (1) the value of visual communication, (2) the value of interconnected generations, (3) the value of storytelling, and (4) the value of experiential learning. These four concepts greatly shaped the revision of the COL educational tools and resources.
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-013-0504-y