The major strategy for Eliminating Health Disparities in Cancer Care is the Cancer Education and Early Detection (CEED) Programs in Camden County. They are based at Cooper Hospital and Virtua Hospital. The CEED program targets men and women who have no health insurance or are under insured and do not received cancer screening. By using the estimated number of women who are 250% of Poverty Line (men’s estimated number is not available yet), Camden County has reached 47% of the group with at least one screening between the ages of 40-64 in 2005. For the women 18-64, seen by the two CEED programs, the estimate is that we have reached 28% with cervical cancer screening. We need to continue to advocate for full funding of the CEED programs, to continue to reach the estimated 7,033 women between the ages of 40-64, and the 14,322 women between the ages of 18-64 in Camden County.
During the past year, the workgroup has completed the following:
1. Working with the NCIS Consumer Health Profiles to target our cancer screening messages to specific medically underserved populations in Camden County. There are two distinct approaches—one for Camden City and one for the suburban Camden County. Ms Shari Short, NCIS is helping the coalition to build an evaluation process of this pilot study. Ms. Ann Biondi, Head of Person Health Services for Camden County DHHS (CC-DHHS), Trish Hearey and Lynn Rosner of CC-DHHS are the lead on the county marketing approach. Joan Lombardi and Dianne Hyman will lead on the city marketing approach.
2. Partnering with the CC-DHHS “Get Screened, Stay Healthy, Stay Alive” and CEED to provide complete Health Screening including the availability of the Fox Chase Cancer Center mammography van at designated sites, at least 2 to 6 times a year. The sites are located in the six largest municiaplities that have 80% of African American Camden County residents and 82% of the Hispanic population.
3. Partnering with the ACS Camden City Cancer Initiative in the cancer screening strategy in which 6 of the screening days will be held in Camden City locations. At the launching of the initiative February 22, 2006, 11 new members will be joining the work group. We will hold the meetings at a Camden City location TBA.
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4. Support for Cooper Grant on Prostate Cancer
Eliminating Health Disparities in Cancer Care Workgroup Membership Details
(Current as of March 2006)
Eliminating Health Disparities / CEED Workgroup
Convener for the Workgroup is Jean F. Mouch, MD, MPH, Coalition Coordinator
Jean Mouch, MD, MPH Coalition Coordinator
Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez, Director Oncology Outreach Program, Cooper
Joan Lombardi, Coordinator of CEED, Virtua
Dianne Hyman, Coordinator of CEEd, Cooper
Mary Paul, Outreach, Virtua CEED program
Tricia Heary, Camden County DHHS
Faith Simmons, Health Educator
Joye Rozier, CAMcare
Hilary Colbert, CPAC
Virgenmina López, CEED Coooper
Lynn Rosner, Camden County DHHS
Ann Biondi, Camden County DHHS
Doug Marshall, Virtua Health
Plyshette Wiggins, ACS