BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:97e128cd78cc342d43462d069623262e144 CATEGORIES:Webinar (CE) SUMMARY:Rural Behavioral Health Practice Series On-Demand Webinar: Extending Cancer Stress Management to the Rural Practice Setting DESCRIPTION:
This on-demand webinar will be available to purchase and watch on your own time starting Friday, June 26.
Speakers: Shawna Ehlers, Ph.D., LP ; Elizabeth Kacel, Ph.D.
Comprehensive cancer care includes mandated screening for and treatment of cancer distress (e.g., depression and anxiet y symptoms). However, a gap persists between recognition of distress and ac cess to evidence-based treatment, especially for rural populations. Rural p opulations face unique barriers, higher rates of mental health disorders, a nd limited access to mental and behavioral health services. Relatedly, rura l cancer survivors report distress akin to anxiety and depressive disorders at a higher rate than urban survivors (18.8% vs. 12.8%, respectively). Unf ortunately, geographic distance from Comprehensive Cancer Centers is a barr ier to cancer distress treatment programs. These distress disparities exist in the larger context of disparities in health outcomes, mortality and mor bidity rates, and health care access. Effective and robust interventions to reduce cancer distress exist. In order to reduce disparities in rural canc er care, it is critical that effective interventions for cancer distress ar e scaled to and adapted for rural settings.