MCC Prostate Health Awareness Program Tool Kit

About the Program
The MCC Prostate Health Awareness Program consists of a one-hour slide show presented by trained volunteers to men and women in a community setting, using terms and elements that are explained in easy-to-understand, non-technical language. The research-based program includes pre- and post-program evaluations that help to ensure statistical validation and ongoing program enhancement.

The program seeks to: 1) educate men about prostate health and encourage each of them to talk with their healthcare professional about their relative risk, and 2) promote informed decision-making concerning prostate testing. Additionally, the program can be utilized to inform men about clinical prevention trials that could help change the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer.

The MCC Prostate Health Awareness Program was developed for the Consortium by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; funding was provided by the Michigan Department of Community Health and administered by the Michigan Public Health Institute in support of the MCC. An additional presentation specifically for Hispanic audiences was developed and focus-group tested for the Consortium by Wayne State University under the guidance of Karmanos; that program is now available in both English and Spanish.

About the Tool Kit
In March 2007, nearly 40 community health leaders and stakeholders participated in a training workshop to learn how to market, present and evaluate the program in their areas of the state. Workshop participants were encouraged to use the information to educate men and women in their communities about prostate health and also to recruit and train more volunteer educators who, in turn, will present the program to additional audiences, thereby expanding the reach and impact of the program and its educational messages.

This online tool kit contains electronic copies of all the materials distributed during the March 2007 training workshop. It also includes an updated listing of individuals throughout the state who are available to speak to audiences about prostate health and/or train other volunteer educators to present the MCC Prostate Health Awareness Program materials.

To Learn More
For further information about the MCC Prostate Health Awareness Program and the associated tool kit materials, please contact Carol Garlinghouse, MSN, RN, at 877-588-6224 (e-mail: cgarling@comcast.net).

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Available Speakers and Trainers

• Roster of volunteers throughout Michigan who are trained to speak to audiences about prostate health and/or train other volunteers to present the MCC Prostate Health Awareness Program materials to groups in their area

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Program Management Tools

• Program overview (available as a Microsoft Word file)*

• Checklist of program supplies and materials (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

• Flyer to use in promoting local presentations (available as a Microsoft Word file)*

• Presentation Skills for Everyone (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

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Audience Handouts

• Participant Survey – Pre-Presentation (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

• Participant Survey – Post-Presentation (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

• Resource List (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

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Audience Presentations

• Presentation for general audiences (in English)

  • Microsoft PowerPoint slides***
    (Please Note: To protect the integrity of the program materials, this resource is posted as a read-only Microsoft PowerPoint file. Any alterations to this PowerPoint file must be approved by a program representative. If you would like to alter the presentation to include information about resources in your area, please e-mail your request to .)

    • Additional slides that can be altered to customize the presentation with information about local resources (available as a Microsoft PowerPoint file)**

  • Script for this presentation (English; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

  • PDF document containing all the slides in this presentation (use this PDF document to make overhead transparencies; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

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• Presentation for Hispanic audiences (in Spanish)

• Microsoft PowerPoint slides***
  (Please Note: To protect the integrity of the program materials, this resource is posted as a read-only Microsoft PowerPoint file.)

• Script for this presentation (Spanish; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

• PDF document containing all the slides in this presentation (use this PDF document to make overhead transparencies; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

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• Presentation for Hispanic audiences (English translation of Spanish-language presentation)

• Microsoft PowerPoint slides***
  (Please Note: To protect the integrity of the program materials, this resource is posted as a read-only Microsoft PowerPoint file.)

• Script for this presentation (English; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

• PDF document containing all the slides in this presentation (use this PDF document to make overhead transparencies; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)**

*Please Note: You will need Microsoft Word or a compatible word processing program to open, view and print this Word file once it has been downloaded. If you need a free copy of the Microsoft Word 2003 Viewer, which enables you to open, view and print documents created in Word 2003 and all previous versions of Microsoft Word, please click here.

**Please Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, view and print this file once it has been downloaded. If you need a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, please click here.

***Please Note: You will need Microsoft PowerPoint to open, view and print this PowerPoint file once it has been downloaded. If you need a free copy of the Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Viewer, which enables you to open, view and print full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions, please click here.

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last updated: 04/30/07

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