Nutrition and Cancer Chemoprevention Within an Integrative Health Promotion Model
Published in “Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Personalized Care” and authored by Christine L. Sardo
June 2011
Evidence shows that nutrition plays a key role in cancer prevention and recurrence. This chapter, written by CRI Partnerships and Policies Director Christine L. Sardo, M.P.H., R.D., focuses on nutrition and chemoprevention (measures that seek to prevent, inhibit, or reverse cancer formation). It provides a case study of the Canyon Ranch Institute LIVESTRONG Celebrating Life After Cancer Program, which was inspired by the National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship.
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Improving Health by Taking it Personally
In this recent commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Snyderman and Dinan argue that effective health care must be personalized and anticipate poor health outcomes before they occur, support patients in a coordinated, integrative fashion, and that reimbursement methods must evolve to include prevention and incentives for effective care.
Improving Health by Taking it Personally. Snyderman, R. & Dinan, M. 303(4) JAMA. (2010).
Integrative Medicine and Patient-Centered Care
This article provides a thorough overview of the key principles of integrative medicine and the significance of this approach to effectively and optimally meet the needs of the patient. It further explains the importance of the patient-centered approach and describes the necessary health care teams needed to fully integrate this approach in the health care system.
Integrative Medicine and Patient-Centered Care. Meizes, V., Rakel, D., Niemiec, C. Commissioned for the IOM Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public, (February, 2009)
A Pilot Study Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based and Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction
This study provides evidence for and compares the effectiveness of mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral based stress reduction techniques for reducing measures of perceived stress, depression, and pain.
A Pilot Study Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based and Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction. Smith, B., Shelley, B., Dalen, J., Wiggins, K., Tooley, E. & Bernard, J. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2008:14(3):251-258
The Surgeon General’s Call To Action To Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
While they served in the Office of the Surgeon General, CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th U.S. Surgeon General (2002-2006) and CRI Executive Director Jennifer Cabe, M.A. collaboratively developed The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities along with numerous co-authors and partners. This Call to Action is built on the foundation of an integrative approach to health of persons with disabilities and the communities and world in which they live.
The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities. US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General. July 2005. Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/disabilities/calltoaction/index.html.
The Canyon Ranch Guide to Living Younger Longer
Drawing from Canyon Ranch’s 30 years of experience in integrative medicine, physical activity, nutrition, and sense of purpose/spirituality, this book provides an overview of the importance of wellness for optimal health and healthy aging.
The Canyon Ranch Guide to Living Younger Longer. Canyon Ranch Staff & Sherman, L. Simon & Schuster. (2001).
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