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Current Grant Recipients
These projects have been selected by our independent Grant Review Panel as those that will have the greatest impact in serving uninsured or underinsured women in our service area. Please note that Susan G. Komen for the Cure is not a direct service provider.
List of Current Community Grant Recipients
Preventative Health Opportunities for Hispanic Women
Cento Latino will offer two (2) screenings through the mobile mammography unit of Catawba Valley Medical Center, on-site at our office, during 2009 for our clients. By offering this service on-site, we can assist in educating and registering clients who may otherwise never seek out these services due to language barriers, lack of insurance, or simple fear of the procedure due to lack of understanding about its’ purpose. We can offer 20 mammograms per day (one every 15 minutes from 10am to 3:45pm). The cost of the mammograms includes: digital screening mammograms, CAD reading, reading by a radiologist, and written reports sent to each client’s physician. We hope to increase awareness of beast health among Hispanics and an increase in preventative breast health activities (from lectures to screenings).
Increasing Breast Cancer Care Awareness in Burke County’s Indigent Patient Population
Good Samaritan Free Clinic came to the realization that there is a need for increased breast care awareness in the county’s indigent population. The clinics patient base increased three-fold in 2008 with 64% being female. This indicates the need for breast health awareness is increasing. This program also plans to reach out to clients of other agencies sharing our building, to include: soup kitchen, food pantry, utility assistance, used goods stores. Many of these clients are women – many are Hispanic and African American. To help serve large portions of this population, we are negotiating with Western Piedmont Community College to bring more intense language training to our staff. We also plan to do breast health classes that include incentives which will help encourage this non-clinic population to participate. The most effective way to teach the clinic patients is a one-on-one approach. A 20 hour per week RN position will provide individual and group awareness as well as train volunteer nurses. This RN will attend the Breast Navigator Training.
Helping the Medically Underserved
Blue Ridge HealthCare is part of a coordinated effort to make breast health programs available to all residents in Burke County. This need is greater in Burke County since there is no Breast and Cervical Cancer Program currently available to women in Burke County. The program plans to provide monies for 150 screening mammograms that will serve approximately 150 women in Burke County who are at risk of developing breast cancer or have been identified as having a suspicious site on their breast. Funding for another 50 diagnostic mammograms will provide additional service to those with more serious screening results. The Blue Ridge HealthCare Breast Cancer Action Team has set a goal to teach and promote breast health programs as venues for education in senior centers, churches, civic and community groups, heath fairs, salons and other areas where women group together.
Breast Health Education and Screening Outreach
The Caldwell County Health Department along with the Center for Health of Caldwell Memorial Hospital has developed a free screening program for underserved women in Caldwell County. This program provides for women under the age of 50 that do not have adequate insurance and do not qualify for state or federal funding. This program began in 2002 with a grant from the NC Foothills Komen Affiliate and has continued every year. This program has provided hundreds of mammograms, several breast biopsies and many ultrasounds for women that would have gone unserved because of financial reasons.
Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors
In 2007, Fitness Plus implemented the Strides to Recovery Wellness Program for Cancer survivors. As part of this program, Fitness Plus would like to add Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors. Researchers at the University of Texas have found breast cancer survivors who participated in a yoga program reported they were in better general health, experienced less fatigue and had fewer problems with daytime sleepiness. This program would be lead by a registered nurse, certified in Yoga instruction who is a breast cancer survivor. This program will offer a structured will offer a structured relaxation program along with social support. Participation in a regular exercise program along with support of peers can assist cancer survivors in regaining a sense of control and assist in stress management.
Building a Healthier Tomorrow for Women
This project will continue to provide funding for screening or diagnostic testing, surgical or medication treatment of women with newly discovered breast abnormalities who are receiving care at Catawba County Public Health (CCPH) Women’s Health clinics. Grant monies will be available to any women who are 250% of the federal poverty level or below, and, upon examination, need further evaluation of an abnormal breast finding. Funding is needed to insure Women’s Health patients are able to obtain the necessary follow-up to these abnormalities, especially now with the increase in under and uninsured patients.
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