The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program

-      Deadlines	Aug 23, 2013
Contact	Phone: 212.244.5368 Email: admin@avonbhop.org
Purpose	The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program provides financial support in the form of grants to community-based programs that conduct outreach, provide breast cancer education and link medically underserved women to clinical screening services.  Avon BHOP will seek to support programs that: Recruit women for both first-time and annual screenings Develop partnerships between community-based outreach providers and local medical providers Work with health care providers to ensure proper clinical follow-up of abnormal screening results Educate older women about Medicare coverage of annual screening mammograms, and assist them in obtaining the service from providers who accept Medicare
Eligibility	To be eligible for funding, applicants must be based in the U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands and be private, non-government, non-profit organizations (with Federal non-profit status).  Both community-based organizations and medical service provider organizations (community clinics, hospitals, etc.) with mammography screening capacity are welcome to apply.  Any publicly-funded government agency wishing to apply may do so only by partnering with a private, non-profit organization or educational institution that will assume fiscal responsibility for and collaborate fully with the proposed program.  Native American Tribes are encouraged to apply to the Avon BHOP and may do so through or in partnership with Native American non-profit organizations that will assume fiscal responsibility for and commit to the reporting and screening requirements of Avon BHOP grants. To apply and learn more: http://www.avonbhop.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=279

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). Since the program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 and older and breast cancer deaths have declined.

However, minority populations are not sharing equally in this bounty. The essence of health disparities in our communities is manifested in the way breast cancer affects communities of color.

African American women have a slightly higher incidence rate of breast cancer than White women before age 35, but that situation reverses itself after age 35. However, African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer at every age.

Latinas are in a similar situation. Hispanic women are about 40% less likely to have breast cancer than white women; however, they have a higher risk of dying from the disease.

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Breast Health Awareness Seminar

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

1:00 & 2:00 pm

Eastside Community Enhancement Center

7301 Boydton Plank Rd, Petersburg, VA 23803

Does your co-worker need a mammogram, but wont make an appointment?

Are you a cancer survivor & wonder if your friends know about their risk?

Does your mother, sister, or daughter know what changes to look for in her breasts?

Do you want to take action?

Join us and find out more about being a breast health advocate!

Karen Gregory, MPH, HS-BCP

Community Health Education Coordinator

Crater Health District

VCU Massey Cancer Center

(804) 524-7140, (804) 892-5442