Abstract
Latina women continue to face disproportionate breast cancer risk and well-documented breast health care barriers in Philadelphia. In response to breast health needs among Latinas in Philadelphia, a health-focused community-based organization, in partnership with a network of social and health service providers, began offering community-based navigation in 2005. Later, through funding from a federal agency, the organization launched the Naveguemos con Salud (NCS) Breast Health Partnership Project from 2010 to 2013. NCS offered breast health awareness and education to a broad audience of Latinas in Philadelphia and community-based navigation services to all interested in accessing a clinical breast exam (CBE) and/or mammogram. A 2017 survey revisited breast health needs among the same core population to inform next steps. Here, we explore how findings and lessons learned from a past program and an assessment of current needs can inform future community-clinical linkage and community-based navigation to improve access to breast cancer screening and a continuum of care for Latinas.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank LCDR Ieshia K. Jones for her leadership during Naveguemos con Salud. Additional gratitude to the dedicated and talented navigation team at Health Promotion Council, with special thanks to Marla Vega, Maria Barrera, Elizabeth Rosario, and the full Breast Health Navigation Network.
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NCS was funded by a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (CPIMP101062) with additional support from Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Follow-up survey support was provided by and the Breast Cancer Work Group via the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This publication was supported by Grant Number 5U58DP003937-05, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services, or other funders.
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Keith, J.D., Kang, N.E., Bodden, M. et al. Supporting Latina Breast Health with Community-based Navigation. J Canc Educ 34, 654–657 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1351-7
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