An inner city cancer prevention clinic. Design, methods, and early results.
An American Cancer Society demonstration pilot project is underway that is designed to provide comprehensive cancer prevention-related services to the underserved community of West Oakland, California. An array of cancer prevention services are being made available through an inner-city clinic (West Oakland Health Center), including cancer risk assessments and education about cancer, physical examinations for cancer, teaching of self-examination procedures, smoking cessation, and nutrition counseling, appointments for Pap smears, sigmoidoscopy, mammography, and other more specialized screening procedures, case management for findings suspicious for cancer, and community education programs. Described is the process of implementing these services, their utilization, and their impact (after 6 months).
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Cancer Education and Prevention Center, Merritt-Peralta Hospitals, Oakland, CA 94609.
D000328:Adult; D000570:American Cancer Society; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008489:Medical Indigency; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014504:Urban Health