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Community Breast Health Education for Immigrants and Refugees: Lessons Learned in Outreach Efforts to Reduce Cancer Disparities

Authors: Sailaja Kamaraju, Jessica Olson, Melissa DeNomie, Alexis Visotcky, Anjishnu Banerjee, Onur Asan, Emmanuel Tavares, Amrita Rao, Megan LaCroix, Kate Krause, Joan Neuner, Melinda Stolley

Published in: Journal of Cancer Education | Issue 6/2019

Abstract

Community-academic partnerships are vital to address cancer disparities in geographic areas with diverse socioeconomic, language, and cultural barriers. Regarding breast health, immigrant and refugee women are a particularly vulnerable population, with considerably lower mammography rates than most communities, including racial and ethnic minorities. To promote health care equity in this high-risk population, we developed a community-academic partnership (CAP) model to promote breast health education at community faith-based centers in the city of Milwaukee, WI. In this paper, we describe the success of our partnerships, our lessons learned, and future directions.

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Title: Community Breast Health Education for Immigrants and Refugees: Lessons Learned in Outreach Efforts to Reduce Cancer Disparities
Authors: Sailaja Kamaraju
Jessica Olson
Melissa DeNomie
Alexis Visotcky
Anjishnu Banerjee
Onur Asan
Emmanuel Tavares
Amrita Rao
Megan LaCroix
Kate Krause
Joan Neuner
Melinda Stolley
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Cancer Education / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0885-8195
Electronic ISSN: 1543-0154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1412-y

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