Multicultural Breast Health Peer Educator Project Phase V

Mission : Providing breast health education and breast health services to immigrant women

Purpose & Significance: In order to increase awareness of the risk & facts about breast cancer, peer educators who speak the immigrant women's native languages will conduct workshops and displays at locations that are more convenient with the hard-to-reach groups.

Funding: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Prairies /NWT Chapter

Partners: This project is a collaborative effort between ASSIST Community Services Centre, Screen Test, Cross Cancer Institute, Canadian Cancer Society and Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op.

Current Communities served by this project: Chinese Communities (Mandarin & Cantonese speaking); South Asian community; Arabic community; Korean community & Vietnamese community.

Services: 1) Free mammogram clinics within the community: with the partnership with the Screen Test, educators will conduct free mammogram screening clinic annually. Locations are carefully chosen within the local community in order to be more convenient for the immigrant women to take the test.** Mammogram Screen Test is a safe radian test for breast cancer detection. It works best on women of 50 years old and above.


2)Educational Activities:

  • Free workshops a)teaching about the facts and risks of breast cancer (b)demonstration about regular breast self-examination(c)introducing and explaining about mammogram screening(d)resources including videos, hand-on resources, printed literatures(e) referral services
  • Displays : educating immigrant women about breast health and introducing services available.
  • Home visits: one on one home visit for clients who cannot attend the regular workshops.
  • Informal gatherings: educators will attend informal gathering or special events in the community to talk about breast health among women groups.
    3)Referral & Support:
    By utilizing the hotlines, peer educators provide referral services and support to the hard-to-reach women groups.
    Contact Numbers:
    Josephine Lai (Primary Health Educator -Chinese community) : Hotline # (780) 710 ¨C5226
    Kishwar Ghani (Primary Health Educator-South Asian community) : Hotline # (780) 913 ¨C 4173
    Nadia Farhat (Primary Health Educator-Arabic Community) : Hotline # (780) 271- 3111
    Susan Chung (Primary Health Educator-Korean Community) : Hotline # (780) 604 ¨C 4596
    Lan Kwok (Primary Health Educator-Vietnamese Community ) : Hotline # (780) 429-3111
    Project Coordinator - Christine Land : (780) 429 ¨C3111
    Screen Test : (780) 474-4300 ( for making appointment of mammogram screening at the Screen Test office).

    For further information, please contact Project Coordinator - Eliza Wong at (780)278-8855

    Funded by: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Alberta/NWT Chapter

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    2004-2005 Breast Health Project

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