Addressing Breast Cancer Health Disparities in the Mississippi Delta Through an Innovative Partnership for Education, Detection, and Screening
Addressing Breast Cancer Health Disparities in the Mississippi Delta Through an Innovative Partnership for Education, Detection, and Screening
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DOI：
10.1007/s10900-015-0121-2
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
White-Johnson, Freddie
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作者：
Mayfield-Johnson, Susan;Fastring, Danielle;White-Johnson, Freddie
减少癌症治疗和研究差距的项目包括合作伙伴关系和多种战略，以促进社区意识，教育和参与。在服务不足的地区，如密西西比三角洲，这是特别需要的，那里有更多的妇女被诊断为区域性和远处阶段的乳腺癌。该项目的目的是通过南密西西比大学的密西西比癌症控制和预防网络、Fannie Lou Hamer癌症基金会和密西西比州卫生部之间的伙伴关系，提高密西西比三角洲非洲裔美国妇女相对较低的筛查率，通过提高对自我早期检测方法的认识，减少乳腺癌的健康差距，利用资源提供乳房X光检查，并对异常发现提供适当的后续服务和治疗。通过这一合作努力，在密西西比三角洲三个农村县确定了500多名妇女，提供了关于早期自我检测的社区教育，并在一个财政年度内预约了乳房X光检查。
Projects to reduce disparities in cancer treatment and research include collaborative partnerships and multiple strategies to promote community awareness, education, and engagement. This is especially needed in underserved areas such as the Mississippi Delta where more women are diagnosed at regional and distant stages of breast cancer. The purpose for this project was to increase the relatively low screening rate for African American women in the Mississippi Delta through a partnership between the Mississippi Network for Cancer Control and Prevention at The University of Southern Mississippi, The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation and the Mississippi State Department of Health to decrease health disparities in breast cancer through increased awareness on self-early detection methods, leveraging resources to provide mammography screenings, and adequate follow-up with services and treatment for abnormal findings. Through this collaborative effort, over 500 women in three rural Mississippi Delta counties were identified, provided community education on early self-detection, and given appointments for mammography screenings within one fiscal year.