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Who We Are?
The Mouth Cancer Foundation (MCF) is a charity solely dedicated to the relief of sickness and the promotion and protection of good health among those suffering or at risk of mouth, throat and other head & neck cancers.
How Common is Mouth Cancer?
By 2030 in the UK four million people will be living with a diagnosis of cancer. In the U.K 38,000 people are living with a diagnosis of head and neck cancer.
What Causes Mouth Cancer?
Tobacco is the main risk factor of Head & Neck Cancer. Tobacco users are 6 x more likely to develop head & neck cancer, 75% of mouth and throat cancers occur in tobacco users.
Why Get Involved?
The crucial message is that in very early stages, mouth cancer can be almost invisible and easy to ignore. Drinking and smoking increases the risk of mouth cancers and young people are being warned against binge drinking and smoking. Pupils or their peers indulging in both face a 30 times greater risk than abstainers.
Our Young People….
Most tobacco users take up the habit as teenagers when tobacco smoking appears socially acceptable. Smoking remains the major preventable cause of premature death and disease and accounts for half the difference in life expectancy between the most and least deprived in society.
What is Peer Education?
MCF Peer Education model has proven success of engaging with young people raise vital awareness to our future generations. MCF Peer Education Trainers, train young people to teach and deliver key messages to other young people.
Our Peer Education Mouth Cancer Awareness Programme develops young peoples understanding of key issues. Schools are invited to nominate young people as MCF Peer Education Ambassadors aged 14 + that can effectively interact with their peers.
These Peer Education Ambassadors will utilise MCF expert training, support, and guidance.
Mouth Cancer Foundation Peer Education Awareness Programme:
MCF Peer Education Awareness Programme co-ordinates and leads a free, fun, creative and interactive, PSHE Step by Step 6 x week school lesson plan that teaches early detection and prevention.
Trained Peer Educators will challenge young peoples perceptions of the real risks associated with tobacco, excessive alcohol, and the importance of oral health.
Purpose
- Education to our future generations: Part of the National Curriculum, Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
- MCF will provide a sustainable 14 years +‘Peer Education Programme’ that raises the overall promotion and awareness of the signs and symptoms in relation to mouth, head and neck cancer and the causes of the ‘hidden’ HPV deadly virus strain.
- Promote the high risk factors associated that lead to / links to mouth cancer in latter years which includes tobacco, alcohol, diet and safe sex.
Partnership
We work with London and South East Secondary Schools to promote the importance of education to young people to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of mouth cancers and associated risk factors.
MCF work in Joint collaboration with MCF Medical Ambassadors Dr Hisham Mehanna and Dr Bhavin Visvadia including the British Association of Head and Neck Oncology Nurses (BHANON). Smoking Cessation Oral Health, Community Dentistry and Sports Centres.
Training and Delivery
- MCF Young Awards programme is fully funded and includes Step by Step, 4 x day training programme for any pupil aged 14+ in Secondary Schools in London and the South East.
- MCF Peer Educators are experienced trainers of young people, representing all backgrounds and educational attainment.
- Bespoke creative & interactive, Sustainable Step by Step six-week school lesson plan, focus on the links between risky business - sexual health, tobacco use, alcohol, and mouth cancers. MCF will deliver a bespoke Peer Education training model over a four day training sessions will be trained, using varying successfully proven teaching techniques, tools and resources.
- MCF ‘Buddy Scheme’ Model in which the older Peer Educators will mentor the younger ones.
- AQA accreditation attached as part of training programme for all Peer Educators to provide incentive and recognition for their valuable work.
- Quiz at the beginning of the School Programme to assess knowledge, benchmark and evaluate outcomes.
- Every lesson will be evaluated at the end to ensure targets are being met.
- Lessons will be adapted appropriately to deliver results.
- All lessons will include interactive sessions with relevant case studies, videos, strong images, documentaries, promotional Celebrity messages, role plays, Oral Health Demo’s,
Benefits MCF Peer Education Schools
- MCF will train nominated peer representatives from your school to deliver a tailor made creative & interactive Step by Step 6 week School Lesson Programme to your pupils.
- MCF lesson programme includes structured lesson plans short, sharp visual messages that will give pupils an oppotuinity to identify, discuss, and articulate the relationship between health and lifestyle choices.
- MCF qualified teacher and experience peer educator will oversee the delivery of all aspects of the programme and documentaries from head and neck patients.
MCF Peer Education Trainers
- MCF Peer Education Trainers are experienced and qualified teachers. All trainers will equip young people will the skills knowledge and understanding needed to deliver a six-week school lesson programme to other young people in schools.
- MCF Yong Peer Educators is a fully funded programme and will be train
- young people for four full days.
- MCF Peer Education Trainer will support all Peer Educators to achieve the AQA
Accreditation.
- MCF will mentor and guide young people through both the four day training and delivering the one lesson per week.
- MCF Peer Educators will co-ordinate the young Peer Educators AQA accreditation
- units and oversea all six-week lessons.
- MCF Peer Education Trainer will mentor and support all Peer Educators
Media Competition Schools & Young People
- MCF borough wide ‘competition’ for all pupils to design a media campaign in any format informed by the 6 week training programme.
Pupils will begin preparing entries in week one entries can include; the design of a leaflet, poster, advert, website, pod cast, You- Tube, Cartoon, Illustration, Graphic Design, Collage to promote awareness to younger audiences. Competition will by judged by the Founder of the Mouth Cancer Foundation, Dr Vinod Joshi.
JOIN US!!
Mouth Cancer Foundation wish to come to your school after the Easter Half Term (2011) to deliver this exciting and worthwhile programme.
You can apply directly to the Mouth Cancer Foundation to become a Peer Educator or Mouth Cancer Young Award School.
To find out more information on our Mouth Cancer Foundation Young Awards Peer Education Programme why not visit our
Website www.mouthcancerfoundation.org
Telephone: 01924 950 950
E-mail: info@mouthcancerfoundation.org
Thank You
Dr V K Joshi BDS(Singapore) DRDRCS(Edinburgh) FDSRCPS(Glasgow) FDSRCS(England)
Mouth Cancer Foundation
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