| Grant ID | PP110110 |
| Awarded On | January 27, 2011 |
| Title | Asian Breast Health Outreach Project |
| Program | Prevention |
| Award Mechanism | Evidence-Based Prevention Programs and Services |
| Institution/Organization | Methodist Richardson Medical Center |
| Principal Investigator/Program Director | Doris T Cheng |
| Cancer Sites | Breast |
| Contracted Amount | $535,540 |
| Lay Summary |
The Asian Breast Health Outreach Project (ABHOP) at Methodist Richardson Medical Center empowers the Asian communities of Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties with the knowledge and implementation of early detection of breast cancer. The project focuses professional staff, marketing materials, educational delivery, mammography screening, diagnostic services, and follow-up referral services directly to the Asian populations. By providing educational seminars in Asian languages and screening mammograms with Asian sensitivity, ABHOP breaks the barriers of language, fear, lack of information and means which keep these women underserved. Seminars are conducted in native languages by ph... |