PITTSBURGH LEADERSHIP MINI-SUMMIT ON BREAST CANCER

乳腺癌仍然是美国的一个主要健康问题， 特别是对非裔美国妇女。 事实上，非裔美国女性 50岁以下的新诊断人数最多 乳腺癌 此外，52%的美国白人女性 与43%的乳腺癌相比， 在非裔美国女性中确诊。根据宾夕法尼亚州 据卫生部统计，有338名非洲裔美国人死于癌症。 1990年在阿勒格尼县这比宾夕法尼亚州的比率要高 (311/100，000）和美国270/100，000人口的比率。 22%的女性死亡可归因于乳腺癌 癌 提议的小型峰会的主要目标是“匹兹堡”， 领导小型峰会：乳腺癌的挑战，”是教育， 激励社区和医疗保健组织并与之合作， 为非洲人建立乳腺癌教育和早期发现方案 居住在阿勒格尼县的美国妇女， 发展成乳腺癌。开发、实施和评估乳房 癌症意识和早期发现计划，将获得 这些难以接触到的人口将有助于 《2000年人民健康》的健康促进和癌症预防目标 要务 这一目标将通过确定和汇集关键的 领导人谁可以合作，以规划和实施社区为基础的乳房 癌症教育和早期发现计划;目前确定 现有资源，并描述非洲裔美国人特有的障碍 阿勒格尼县的妇女，阻止他们充分利用 乳腺癌资源。 希望小型首脑会议将 激励已确定的中介机构进行沟通和参与 这些活动将有助于实现减少贫困的最终目标， 美国黑人妇女乳腺癌的发病率和死亡率 阿勒格尼县。

Breast cancer continues to be a major health problem in the United States, in particular for African American women. In fact, African American women under the age of 50 years have the highest number of newly diagnosed breast cancers. In addition, 52% of Caucasian American women are diagnosed with localized breast cancer versus 43% of the breast cancer diagnosed in African American women. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there were 338 African American deaths from cancer in Allegheny County during 1990. This is higher than the Pennsylvania rate (311/100,000) and the United States rate of 270/100,000 population. Twenty-two percent of the female deaths were attributable to breast cancer. The primary goal of the proposed Mini-Summit titled, "Pittsburgh Leadership Mini-Summit: The Challenge of Breast Cancer," is to educate, motivate and collaborate with community and health care organizations to establish breast cancer education and early detection programs for African American women residing in Allegheny County, who are at increased risk for developing breast cancer. Developing, implementing, and evaluating breast cancer awareness and early detection programs that will be accessible for this difficult to reach population will contribute to the mission of health promotion and cancer prevention goals of the Healthv People 2000 priority. This goal will be met by identifying and bringing together key leaders who can collaborate to plan and implement community-based breast cancer education and early detection programs; identify currently available resources and describe the barriers unique to African American women in Allegheny County that prevent them from fully utilizing the available breast cancer resources. It is hoped that the Mini-Summit will motivate the identified intermediaries to communicate and engage in activities that will permit reaching the ultimate goal of decreasing the morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in African American women in Allegheny County.