The First National Male Caregivers Conference: Men Empowering Men to Care for Women with Breast Cancer
August 18–19 in Baltimore, MD
The conference will focus on educating and empowering men to be effective caregivers when breast cancer strikes a female loved one. MABC will provide a forum for men in similar situation to get to know each other and share their real life experiences.
Conference Objectives:
Focus on navigating the crisis of breast cancer with a proven problem solving technique.
Provide an ongoing forum for men in similar situations to get to know each other and develop a support network.
Improve the quality of survivorship of the patient.
To learn an innovative proven problem solving technique tailored especially for men supporting women with cancer, which will improve the quality of survivorship of the patient.
Extra Benefits
Attendees will receive a scholarship for their travel, hotel accommodations, and meals.
Attendees will receive a stipend at the conclusion of attending the full conference.
Attendees will enjoy an evening baseball game and a plenary session in a skybox at the Baltimore Orioles’ Camden Yards.
Conference Agenda
Day 1 - Friday, August 18, 2006
3:00–4:30 pm
Registration
5:00–10:30 pm
Plenary: Opening Session at Camden Yards (including dinner in luxury box during Orioles vs Blue Jays game)
Day 2 - Saturday, August 19, 2006
7:00–8:00 am
Continental Breakfast & Welcome
8:05–8:35 am
Plenary: Partners’ In Survival™ Training Workshop & COPE
8:35–8:45 am
BREAK
8:45–9:30 am
COPE in Action
9:30–9:45 am
Form Small Groups
9:45–10:15 am
Group COPE Practice Session
10:15–10:30 am
BREAK
10:30–11:45 am
Group Reports
11:45–12:30 pm
LUNCH/SPEAKER
12:30–1:30 pm
COPE Review
1:30–2:00 pm
Final Questions/Conference Evaluations
Partners In Survival™
Partners In Survival™ is an educational workshop designed, developed, and facilitated by Men Against Breast Cancer in conjunction with physicians, social workers who specialize in breast cancer education, other health care professional, as well as breast cancer patients and family members. The objective of Partners In Survival™ is to provide information and education in a manner that breast cancer patients and their partners find easy to use and apply to their lives so that they can more effectively manage the breast cancer crisis. Partners In Survival™ workshops focus on how breast cancer impacts individuals as well as the family unit. The workshops include practical tips to help manage the many elements of the breast cancer crisis, including, doctor's visits, household responsibilities, children, intimacy, communications, and more. Specific emphasis is placed on men understanding the physical and emotional needs of their female partners
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Breast Cancer education
Common Breast Cancer Myths
The first myth pertaining to this disease is that it only affects women.
Second myth that is associated with this disease is that if one has found a lump during an examination, it is cancer.
Third is that it is solely hereditary
The next myth associated with breast cancer is downright ridiculous. Would you believe, that in this day and age, some individuals still think that breast cancer is contagious?
Conversely, some individuals foolishly believe that breast size determines whether or not one gets cancer.
Finally, another myth that is associated with this disease is that it only affects older people. This is not so. Although the chance of getting breast cancer increases with age, women as young as 18 have been diagnosed with the disease.
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Breast Cancer education
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