Russian Oregon Social Services began addressing the lack of preventative health care among Russian-speakers in 1997 as a partner in the Clackamas County Breast & Cervical Program. Since 2001, ROSS has successfully provided culturally appropriate breast health education and treatment support (BHES), and developed best-practice strategies to promote annual mammograms and clinical breast exams for women age 40 and over.
Over the course of the BHES project, approximately 15,000 Russian-speaking women have attended breast health education presentations, 40,000 Russian-language breast health brochures and handouts have been distributed, almost 900 Russian-speaking women have received direct assistance and support through the screening process, and nearly 600 have received a mammogram.
The goal of the ROSS Breast Health Education & Support project is to reduce breast cancer related deaths among Russian-speaking women. We accomplish this goal through the following objectives: raising awareness of breast health/cancer, early detection and mainstream healthcare providers, and increasing the number of Russian-speaking women age 40 and older who obtain first time and routine CBEs and mammograms
По вопросам проведения образовательных лекций о женском здоровье и получения информации о бесплатном медицинском обследовании, включая осмотр гинеколога и маммографию, обращайтесь к нам:
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