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Published in: Journal of Community Health 6/2013

01-12-2013 | Original Paper

Empowering Underserved Populations Through Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Authors: Venessa Rivera-Colón, Roberto Ramos, Jenna L. Davis, Myriam Escobar, Nikki Ross Inda, Linda Paige, Jeannette Palencia, Maria Vives, Cathy G. Grant, B. Lee Green

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 6/2013

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Abstract

It is well documented that cancer is disproportionately distributed in racial/ethnic minority groups and medically underserved communities. In addition, cancer prevention and early detection represent the key defenses to combat cancer. The purpose of this article is to showcase the comprehensive health education and community outreach activities at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Moffitt) designed to promote and increase access to and utilization of prevention and early detection services among underserved populations. One of Moffitt’s most important conduits for cancer prevention and early detection among underserved populations is through its community education and outreach initiatives, in particular, the Moffitt Program for Outreach Wellness Education and Resources (M-POWER). M-POWER works to empower underserved populations to make positive health choices and increase screening behaviors through strengthening collaboration and partnerships, providing community-based health education/promotion, and increasing access to care. Effective, empowering, and culturally and linguistically competent health education and community outreach, is key to opening the often impenetrable doors of cancer prevention and early detection to this society’s most vulnerable populations.
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Metadata
Title
Empowering Underserved Populations Through Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
Authors
Venessa Rivera-Colón
Roberto Ramos
Jenna L. Davis
Myriam Escobar
Nikki Ross Inda
Linda Paige
Jeannette Palencia
Maria Vives
Cathy G. Grant
B. Lee Green
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-013-9715-8

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