How does income level, race or ethnicity influence breast cancer incidence, survival and mortality?  Learn about the global disparities throughout breast cancer, how access to healthcare systems changes these aspects of the battle against breast cancer, and what you can do as a clinician to help your patients.

This is a Gannett Education CE event. Participants who attend the webinar and complete the post-test and evaluation survey will earn: 

* Registered Nurses: 1.0 contact hour 

* Registered Dietitians: 1.0 CPEU (Level 2)

Felicia Marie Knaul is Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, where she serves as Co-Director of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries, an initiative she helped to found in 2009.  She is also Senior Economist at the Mexican Health Foundation.  After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, Dr. Knaul founded the Mexican non-profit organization, Cáncer de Mama: Tómatelo a Pecho, a program that promotes research, advocacy, awareness, and early detection initiatives for breast cancer in Latin America.  In October of 2009, she released a book by the same name recounting her personal experience with breast cancer and the creation of the organization.  Her book will be published in English in Spring 2012 through Harvard University Press under the title "Beauty without the Breast".  Dr. Knaul has also published several academic articles on breast cancer in low-and middle-income countries and lectures extensively on the topic as both patient-advocate and health systems researcher.  Dr. Knaul has more than 130 academic and policy publications spanning topics including breast cancer, cancer care and control in developing countries, health system reform, women and health, and children in poverty.  Dr. Knaul has held senior government posts in Mexico and Columbia and has worked for bilateral and multilateral agencies including WHO, the World Bank, and UNICEF.  Dr. Knaul is Canadian, and resides in Boston and Mexico City.  She and her husband, Dr. Julio Frenk, have two children, Hannah and Mariana Havivah.   

Audience and Requirements             

Audience

Dietitians/Nutritionists: Level 2

Social Work Practice Level: Intermediate

Course Completion Requirements and Awarding Certificate

After listening to the webinar presentation, complete the course test online. With a score of 75% or better and completing the evaluation, you may immediately print your CE certificate of completion or save a pdf of it for your records. You may also request a copy to be sent to you by mail. If your score is less than the passing score of 75%, you may retake the test. In the event of loss, there is no charge for a replacement copy of a CE certificate.

Jurisdictional Requirements

Continuing education licensing requirements vary by jurisdiction, are not well defined, and may change. We recommend you contact your licensing board or accrediting organization for the latest continuing education requirements of your state or territory.

Accommodations for Disabilities

Every effort will be made to accommodate your special needs. To request accommodation; please contact the CE office at (800) 866-0919.

Grievance Procedure

Gannett Education is committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with accreditation agencies and boards. Gannett Education will comply with all responsibilities to be nondiscriminatory in activities, program content, and in treatment of participants. The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, and members of the continuing education division.

While Gannett Education attempts to assure fair treatment of all participants, we recognize grievances that may require intervention. Grievances are handled in the following manner:

When a participant, either orally or in written format, files a grievance, the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, will evaluate the nature of the complaint. If it is meritorious, the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, will instruct the staff to implement any necessary changes in the course. The complainant will receive a response from the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, or designated staff within 5 working days.

You may file a complaint by telephone or email.

Telephone #: 800.866.0919

Email: CE@GannettHG.com

Dietitians/Nutritionists: Level 2

Social Work Practice Level: Intermediate

Course Completion Requirements and Awarding Certificate

After listening to the webinar presentation, complete the course test online. With a score of 75% or better and completing the evaluation, you may immediately print your CE certificate of completion or save a pdf of it for your records. You may also request a copy to be sent to you by mail. If your score is less than the passing score of 75%, you may retake the test. In the event of loss, there is no charge for a replacement copy of a CE certificate.

Jurisdictional Requirements

Continuing education licensing requirements vary by jurisdiction, are not well defined, and may change. We recommend you contact your licensing board or accrediting organization for the latest continuing education requirements of your state or territory.

Accommodations for Disabilities

Every effort will be made to accommodate your special needs. To request accommodation; please contact the CE office at (800) 866-0919.

Grievance Procedure

Gannett Education is committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with accreditation agencies and boards. Gannett Education will comply with all responsibilities to be nondiscriminatory in activities, program content, and in treatment of participants. The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, and members of the continuing education division.

While Gannett Education attempts to assure fair treatment of all participants, we recognize grievances that may require intervention. Grievances are handled in the following manner:

When a participant, either orally or in written format, files a grievance, the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, will evaluate the nature of the complaint. If it is meritorious, the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, will instruct the staff to implement any necessary changes in the course. The complainant will receive a response from the Executive Vice President, Gannett Education, Global Programming, or designated staff within 5 working days.

You may file a complaint by telephone or email.

Telephone #: 800.866.0919

Email: CE@GannettHG.com

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Felicia Knaul manages grants, donations or in-kind support from GlaxoSmithKline, Avon Mexico, Hadassah Mexico Foundation, the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, the Ministry of Health of Mexico, and Susan G Komen for the Cure for research on breast cancer, and from International Development Research Centre of Canada, NADRO and Chinoin Pharmaceutical Products for research on health equity.  She is currently applying for funding from Sanofi S.A., Roche Pharmaceuticals, Celgene Corporation, Pfizer Inc., and Johnson and Johnson.  HGEI received funding from AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Endo Pharmaceuticals, and EMD Serono for the launch of the GTF.CCC Report. 

The planners and presenter(s)/author(s) of this course have declared no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this educational activity.

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Accreditation:

	Nurse.com educational events are provided by Gannett Education. Gannett Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Gannett Education is also accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing (provider no. FBN 50-1489) and the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider no. CEP 13213).
	Gannett Education is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider (#GD001) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Gannett Education is also accredited by the Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (provider # FBN 50-1489).