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Survivorship Research Centre
Updated: January 25, 2012
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The Sociobehavioural Research Centre (SRC) was founded in 2003 to coordinate the BC Cancer Agency’s (BCCA) efforts in sociobehavioural research. The SRC falls under the BCCA’s Provincial Cancer Survivorship Program.
Our mission is to facilitate improvements in the quality of life of cancer patients and their families through cross-disciplinary research activity that generates new knowledge, which then translates into improvements in clinical practice. Our work will concentrate in five broad areas: development of cost-effective, evidence-based psychosocial interventions, understanding the important mechanisms underlying long-term effects that affect quality of life, and survival outcomes within the sociobehavioural context, measurement and tool development in psychosocial care, examination of barriers facing unique populations, development of advances in conceptual models in the sociobehavioural area.
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Current News at the SRC
Events
EMPOWER Facilitator Training Workshop
Vancouver, September 27 & 28, 2010
Instructed by Heather Rennie and Amanda Ward from the BC Cancer Agency; the objective of this workshop is to inform and train facilitators from across Canada to be able to deliver the program.
The program is called “EMPOWER: Education and Support for the Family of Cancer Survivors”, and was developed by Heather Rennie, Provincial Practice Leader for Patient and Family Counselling Services in Abbotsford, and the BCCA SRC team. EMPOWER is a three session group intervention for the family of cancer survivors that consists of educational material, support and discussion, skill building, social networking, and problem solving.
EMPOWER workshop participants. Vancouver, September 27 & 28, 2010. |
We would like to thank our funding partners, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer for supporting these workshops, and also the facilitators and participants who made the training a success!
For more information on the EMPOWER program, please contact Dr. Amanda Ward
Annual Report
Sociobehavioural Research Centre Annual Report 2007-2008  (374 KB)
Connections Newsletter
Issue 15, Fall 2010 Connections Newsletter (296 KB)
Latest Publications & Reports
NEW! (2011). Fostering cancer survivorship research in Canada: Building capacity through a research consortium. Pan-Canadian Invitational Workshop: Proceedings report. Vancouver, BC.  (1223 KB)
NEW! Verde, M., Shervill, L., Foreman, J., & Ward, A. (2010). Addressing barriers to palliative care services in Northwest BC first nations communities. Report. (337 KB)
Ward, A. (2010). Cancer Transitions: A supportive care program for cancer survivors. Oncology Exchange, 9(2), 12-14. (234 KB)
Ward, A. (2010). Cancer Survivorship: creating uniform and comprehensive supportive care programming in Canada- Cancer Transitions: Moving Beyond Treatment. This report was prepared for The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. (663 KB)
Kazanjian, A., Howett, C., Chan, V., & Smillie, K. (2009). Two navigation programs: Further application of the knowledge exchange decision support (KE-DS) toolkit. Final report. (839 KB)
Kazanjian, A., Howett, C., Chan, V., & Smillie, K. (2009). Supportive cancer care programs: Further application of the knowledge exchnage decision support (KE-DS) toolkit. Final report. (1031 KB)
Kazanjian, A., Howett, C., Chan, V., & Smillie, K. (2009). Knowledge exchange decision support (KE-DS) toolkit for supportive cancer care. Final report. (723 KB)
Con. A. (2008). Cross-cultural considerations in promoting advance care planning in Canada. This report was prepared for the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Unit, Chronic and Continuing Care Division, Secretariat on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. (1303 KB)
CIHR Team for Supportive Cancer Care (2009). Identifying priorities for cancer survivorship research: Pan-Canadian invitational Workshop. Proceedings report. Vancouver, BC. (941 KB)
Bosma, H., Apland, L., & Kazanjian, A. (2008). Cultural conceptualization of hospice palliative care: A literature synthesis. Final report. (109 KB)
Bell, K. (2009). 'Metastatic Cancer- the club you don't want to join': Words of wisdom from the women with metastatic cancer group. (3703 KB) This booklet describes the experience of living with metastatic cancer in the words of members of the Vancouver Cancer Centre's Women with Metastatic Cancer group.
Bell, K. & Lee, J. (2009). "Chinese cancer support group study: Key findings". (257 KB) This report summarises the key findings of a study of the Vancouver Cancer Centre's Chinese cancer support group.
Bell, K. & Lee, J. (2009). "Delivering effective palliative care to cancer patients of diverse backgrounds: a knowledge synthesis".  (2920 KB) This report presents key findings from the CIHR-funded knowledge synthesis project "Synthesizing knowledge on cultural issues in cancer suvivorship".
Contact Us
Survivorship Research Centre
Cancer Survivorship
BC Cancer Agency
600 - 750 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC. V5Z 1H5
Telephone: (604) 877-6000 ex. 3274
Fax (604) 708-2091
For comments or questions regarding this website, please contact Joanne Magtoto.
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