BCC model to best meet the needs of teachers interested in using health education in their classrooms. Vast amounts of information about breast and cervical cancer are published yearly. Authors now understand that materials have to be adapted for literacy levels and cultural differences. When dealing with a topic as frightening as cancer, people need to explore their beliefs and fears in a setting where they are comfortable and feel safe to do that. The ABE classroom can be that place, if you as a teacher are open and willing to explore cancer with your students.
Cancer is powerful.
It can kill, but it can also educate and motivate. It motivated and empowered me in ways I had not imagined. From It s a Beginning by Pat Connors Little, Change Agent, February 1997. Breast and Cervical Cancer, World Education. Employment Opportunities Literacy Harvest Reports Curriculum Guides LAC 32 Broadway, 10th fl.