The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded the Michael and Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center at Holy Cross Hospital a $10,000 grant for an educational and awareness campaign targeting Hispanic and African American women and men.
The Holy Cross Partners in Breast Health Program is designed to create awareness of breast health, increase knowledge on how to access breast health care and overcome barriers in accessing breast health care for 250 women and men in Broward County in the hope of reducing advanced diagnoses and cancer mortality.
More than 20 breast health workshops will be scheduled that are culturally-appropriate for each target population. Each workshop will focus on healthy lifestyles, breast cancer detection and community resources and will include the recommended screening guidelines by the American Cancer Society, which recommends that women who are 40 or older have a screening mammogram done annually and maintain this practice as long as they remain in good health.
A licensed clinical social worker and the Breast Health Navigator at Holy Cross Hospital will be available to participants for help in scheduling appointments and for financial assistance and support.
Among the groups that will be contacted to host the workshops are the Urban League of Broward County, Hispanic Unity of Florida, Minority Empowerment and Development Inc. and the Holy Cross Hospital Community Outreach Department.
