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P2.08 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 491)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Patient Support and Advocacy Groups
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 12/06/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P2.08-006 - Attempts to Improve the Patient Literacy in Japan (ID 4734)
14:30 - 14:30 | Author(s): T. Yamaoka
- Abstract
Background:
It has made it possible to live with cancer and to work with cancer, because of lung cancer treatment progress nowadays. It is indispensable for lung cancer patient effort to improve the patient’s own literacy, in order to live with cancer and to work with cancer. Lung cancer patients own has been started an attempt to improve the patient force in Japan. I will report on the current situation about them.
Methods:
1)Effectiveness of advocate project about ‘Working with cancer’ by National Cancer Center Japan（NCCJ） In Japan, ’Working with cancer’ recently became an important issue in the national control plan in Japan. I have shown leadership as the secretary to support projects on ‘Working with cancer’ at the Center for Cancer Control and Information Services,NCCJ. This project is patient participatory. Participating patients have devised to improve patient literacy and have made it possible to work with cancer. I will clarify the difference of patient consciousness compared between this project survey and the survey by Japanese Cabinet Office this year. 2)Importance of patient initiative In Japan, for the first time, the lung cancer patients groups network have launched since November on 2015 named JLCA, Japan lung cancer alliance. One of the goals of JLCA is to improve the lung cancer patient literacy in Japan. I will report JLCA activities about attempts to improve patient literacy in 2016.
Results:
1)Multiple lung cancer patients have participated in the project on ‘Working with cancer’ by NCCJ. They had actually carried out to work together with lung cancer. Results of comparison of the two surveys between project survey by NCCJ and the survey by Japanese Cabinet Office comes out clearly the difference. More ambitious to work with cancer in National Cancer Center projects survey. 2)JLCA has been in cooperation with ‘The Japan Lung Cancer Society’, ‘The Japanese Society of Medical Oncology’, and enthusiastic lung cancer doctors to advocates activities especially Dr.Sawa. JLCA has been held five more seminars to improve lung cancer patient literacy at various places of Japan in 2016.
Conclusion:
One of the goals for Japanese lung cancer patients is to improve the patient literacy nowadays. They have ambitions to improve the patient literacy. They have participated in various activities to improve the patient literacy. It was found for them to want to be ‘Living with cancer’ and ‘Working with cancer’. The important points are two thing, effective advocates projects and trial of patient initiative.
