National Spotlight
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Our Community Need
The Komen Kansas City Affiliate serves a community of more than 2 million people across a 17-county area: over 500,000 are women over the age of 40. Every two years, each Komen for the Cure Affiliate does a comprehensive study of its service area. Using guidelines set by the Komen for the Cure, the “Community Profile” strives to answer the following questions:
- What are the demographics of women living in the service area?
- How does breast cancer impact women living in the service area?
- What kinds of breast health and breast cancer services are currently available?
- What knowledge, attitudes, and cultural factors impact utilization of breast health services?
- What health care system issues impact utilization of breast health services?
- What are the needs related to breast health services?
- Where are the gaps between needs and resources
Through the Community Profile process the following three (3) gaps were uncovered:
- ACCESS TO BREAST SCREENING
There is a continued need to provide free and low-cost breast screening options for women in our community. We need to continue to educate primary health care providers and women about our Missouri and Kansas Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Early Detection programs (“Show Me Healthy Women” and “Early Detection Works”) so that women can get the care they need. We also need to find more ways to ensure it is convenient for all women in the community to get screened.
- BREAST HEALTH EDUCATION
Women and Men in our community are still not aware of their personal risk for breast cancer. Through continued outreach and partnering with primary care providers, community-based organizations and corporations, we can make a difference.
- DISPARITIES IN CARE AND BREAST HEALTH SERVICES
Cultural, language and breast health barriers still exist in our community. African-American women have the highest breast cancer mortality of any ethnic group in the United States. Hispanic/Latina women do not get annual mammograms at the rate they should. Partnering with community-based breast health organizations to reduce these barriers is imperative.
To download the full Community Profile report, please click here.
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