Breast cancer screening grant for immigrant women
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Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco recently received a $215,000 grant from the Avon Foundation for the next two years.
The funding will be used to further enhance and expand NWH’s Breast Health Initiative, which provides accessible and timely services designed to overcome the social and economic barriers that prevent Latina immigrants and other underserved women in Westchester County from receiving optimal breast health care.
Toni Aurigemma, clinical and program coordinator of NWH’s Breast Health Initiative, said that statistics from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey showed that the lowest prevalence of mammography use within the two previous years was among uninsured women.
“Our goal at Northern Westchester Hospital is to help make an impact on that statistic. It is an honor to provide breast health care to these women and help with the process of follow-up care.”
This program was established in 2006 with an initial $180,000 grant from the Avon Foundation. That funding led to the appointment of a nurse practitioner who works directly with underserved female patients, the creation of a part-time position of a bilingual patient navigator to improve access and communication, expansion of the Hospital’s Community Outreach Program, and the creation of a transportation fund to facilitate access for breast cancer patients to and from the Hospital.
Uninsured and underinsured women living in Northern Westchester, 40 years of age or older or who have a family or personal history of breast cancer are eligible for free mammograms and clinical breast exams at NWH. For more information, call (914) 666-1840.
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on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 at 12:50 pm by Candice Ferrette. 
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