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Villanova
Nursing's Dr. Patricia K. Bradley receives Founder's Award from Living
Beyond Breast Cancer
By Ann Barrow
Villanova University College of Nursing Assistant
Professor Patricia K. Bradley, Ph.D., R.N., C.S. received the first-ever
Founder’s Award from Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) at its 10th
annual black tie gala on Sept. 18, at the Hyatt Regency in Phil adelphia,
Pa. Bradley melds her 27 years as a psychiatric-mental health nurse and her
longtime devotion to public awareness of breast cancer by developing
training programs and materials that focus on the needs of the African
American community.
LBBC’s Founder’s Award was created in recognition of
Dr. Marisa Weiss, who established the organization. It honors a person who
demonstrates commitment to improving the lives of women with breast cancer.
Bradley embodies such spirit, having co-authored LBBC’s publication “Getting
Connected: African Americans Living Beyond Breast Cancer.” In 2001, the book
won the H. Winter Griffith Award for excellence in patient education
materials from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Society of
Teachers of Family Medicine. Bradley uses the book as a teaching tool for
health care professionals to instruct them in delivering culturally
sensitive breast health information for African Americans.
Bradley
is also a faculty member for the Oncology Nursing Society’s Nurse Educators
in Historically Black Colleges and Minority Institutions and a researcher
with Thomas Jefferson University’s department of behavioral epidemiology. In
addition to her work with LBBC, Bradley is active with the Linda Creed
Breast Cancer Foundation and is a national volunteer with the American
Cancer Society. She is a member of the Xi and Alpha Nu chapters of Sigma
Theta Tau International. |
