Evgenia Aleksandrova
Cancer Consultant
Chairwoman of Association of a cancer patient and their Friends (APOZ and Friends)
Bulgaria
Biography
Evgenia Aleksandrova (more famous with her former family name Adarska) is a former patient with Breast Cancer. She has 19 years’ experience in this area as a patient consultant and navigator of patients in the health theme in Bulgaria. She is a chairwoman of Association of a cancer patient and their Friends (APOZ and Friends) in Bulgaria, the history of this NGO is 15 years. Her organization is a member of all significant cancer patient organizations as a UICC, ECPC, Europa Donna, Europa Colon, Europa Uomo, INCA and other. She has her expertise in evaluation and passion for improving the health and well-being of cancer patients and a good experience of the developing of the framework of cares of this patients. She works very well with the government structures and scientist and professional organizations. Her open and contextual evaluation model based on responsive constructivists creates new pathways for improving healthcare. She has built this model after years of experience in research, evaluation, teaching, and administration both in hospital and education institutions. The philosophy of her organization is based on the fourth-generation evaluation (Guba& Lincoln, 1989) which is a methodology that utilizes the previous generations of evaluation: measurement, description, and judgment. It allows for value-pluralism. This approach is responsive to all stakeholders and has a different way of focusing. Her model of unmedical care of patients with BC, based on the standard of unmedical cares (2009), includes a center of Unmedical care in hospitals and specialized complex rehabilitation program of BC patient, paid by the government. Mrs. Aleksanrova, famous as Adarska, has National and International awards for her contribution of developing of cancer care. Her last efforts are for the building of the anticancer plan on the National level.
Research Interest
Breast Cencer