Vietnamese Social ServicesBreast and Cervical Cancer Education Project |
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The
mission of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Project is to reduce the
burden of breast and cervical cancer in the Vietnamese community in
Minnesota. The
project intends to address the cervical and breast cancer priority health
area with special emphasis on the huge disparity in the incidence of cervical
cancer for Vietnamese women.
Vietnamese women have a 7.4 times higher than the lowest incidence
group and thus, the highest age-adjusted incidence rate for cervical cancer
in the |
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This
project is funded by the Minnesota Department of Health to address health
disparities and the alarming high rate of cervical cancer among Vietnamese
women. There is such a great need in
the Vietnamese community for education surrounding cancer and early detection
in order to encourage women to get screened.
The project’s primary goals are to provide community-based workshops
for Vietnamese women to increase their knowledge of breast and cervical
cancer. If women are uninsured or underinsured we enroll them into the
Minnesota Department of Health’s Sage Screening Program for free
services. Also, we can assist women in
scheduling appointments, transportation, counseling and linking them with
services needed if there is a cancer diagnosis. With the resources and expertise of the
staff, we hope that this project will benefit many Vietnamese women in |
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Free Education and Counseling for: v Breast Cancer v Cervical Cancer v Prostate Cancer v Colorectal Cancer Free Interpretation and Transportation Free Sage Screening for eligible women Resources and Links: v National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov v Center for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer
Control www.cdc.gov/cancer v Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project www.suckhoelavang.org Contact Information: Marie
Minh Hien Tran Project Coordinator & Thao
Huynh, Pauline Phuong Nguyen, Paw Wah
Outreach Specialists Telephone: (651) 917-2945, (651)645-5940 - St. Cloud: (320) 224-7302, Fax: (651) 641-8908 |
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