UCRF Cancer Knowledge, Attitude, Belief and Practice (KABP) Survey

 

Uganda Cancer Research Foundation (UCRF) launches an online national-wide knowledge, attitude, belief and practice (KABP) survey.

The purpose of the survey is to:

• Determine public knowledge/awareness of risk and preventive factors for cancer
• Assess beliefs about cancer
• Assess knowledge of early signs/symptoms of cancer
• Enroll new UCRF volunteers who will be trained to disseminate this information

We are calling out individuals and organizations to fill in this online tool to enable proper alignment of awareness information.

Data collection will be on-going as we gather knowledge and recruit volunteers.

For more information click the link below to start your 8 minutes survey.

Click here: https://forms.office.com/r/3T2ebxSWxU

 

UCRF volunteers joined the 2022 Cancer Run to raise funds for Cancer Ward

Today, the 4th Day of September, I joined the Uganda Cancer Run 2022 organized by the Rotary Club of Uganda to raise funds for building the state of art hospital for cancer at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. In participation was Resty Nabaggala, also a UCRF volunteer. The Uganda Cancer Run has been conducted since 2012 to raise funds for a cancer ward.

This year's run attracted close to 40,000 runners from over 35 towns and countries with the aim of building bunkers, which will house the modern cancer screening and testing machines. The ward that was first handed to the hospital by Rotary in 2017 provides service that include cancer checkeups, detection, and treatment.

11 runs have been organized, and the funds raised have been able to support the construction of 36 bed cancer ward worth UGX 1.5 billion. The run was flagged off by RI President Jennifer Jones.

Participating in the Cancer Run has been an eye opener regarding the urgent need for cancer services in Uganda. I noted a dire need for cancer awareness messages. For example, there was no booth for “information about cancer, and what runners should stay tuned for” until the next run. I noted that many people are still stereotyped and fear to take voluntary tests or share their experience. This is a space my new volunteer group -UCRF - short for Uganda Cancer Research Foundation- can fill.

UCRF could amplify the message some cancers are caused by behaviors that people can change to reduce their risk; that although cancer is usually fatal, it needn’t be so if it is detected and treated correctly and early. I also learned that even when cancer is not cured, the journey needn’t be painful or lonely.  These are the values I will be working on as we REBUILD and REFOCUS UCRF.

UCRF value product is cancer awareness led by volunteers who are passionate about cancer. I commit myself to establish a strong link between UCRF and the Cancer Run. UCRF to disseminate cancer information.

UCRF will take on the exercise of registering volunteers who will take charge of the cancer awareness outreaches. So far, three volunteers have been registered. Look out for the call for volunteering opening soon.

Join me as I work to bring a positive message about cancer to our people.

#Nomorecance