Expanded Partnerships Reaching the Medically Underserved with Cancer Prevention and Detection Information

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• Personal Author:
  Jones K ; Lewis, Dick ; Parrot R
• Description:
  Statement of the Problem: Migrants do not have health insurance and do not seek preventative health care or services such as mammograms or pap tests. Purpose of the Research Project: To improve access to cancer prevention and detection information, education, and screening for migrant farm workers and their families and to develop innovative cancer prevention programs. Methodology/Approach to Solving the Problem: Disseminate cancer control information in Spanish regarding the prevention and early detection of skin, breast, and cervical cancer. The project, partially funded Migrant Health Clinics and outreach workers for two counties. Brochures, T-Shirts, water bottles, magnets, sun protection hats, coloring books, and paint sheets all with health care and prevention messages. The project partnered with another program called BreasTEST and BreasTEST & More to provide information and preventative health care for breast and cervical cancer. We also partnered with hospitals and doctors to provide necessary treatment at no cost to the patients. The migrant health clinics were given breast models to teach self-breast exams. We also attended migrant health fairs and conducted interviews to find out what migrants knew about cancer and health care services. Other questions on the interview sheet were social activities and gathering places. We wanted to find out where the best places would be to post any health care messages. In return for the completed surveys, each participant received one of the following: water bottle, t-shirt, or magnet. The children who were present received a coloring book or paint sheet Results: Our combined efforts have resulted in the screening of over 300 low-Income Hispanic women for skin, breast, and -cervical-cancers. Two women have had pre-cancerous lumps removed and approximately 50 women have been treated for precancerous changes of the cervix. In 1995, 144 Hispanic women received pap smears. In the first six months of 1996, 139 women have received pap smears. These figures are based on the five counties the project is working in. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Education Emigration And Immigration Farmers Health Promotion Neoplasms Occupational Health Public Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer Health Care Health Promotion Information Dissemination Medical Screening Migrant Workers Partnership Public Health Skin Cancer
• Publisher:
  National Institutes of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054037
• Citation:
  6th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer, April 23-27, 1997, Washington, D.C. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, 1997 Apr; :13-14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  6th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer, April 23-27, 1997, Washington, D.C.
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216686/cdc_216686_DS1.pdf
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