Christine Regan, Business Development Manager- Cancer Screening at mPATH Health, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Cervical cancer is highly preventable, yet too many women & especially those who are low-income, uninsured, publicly insured, rural, or from racial and ethnic minority groups, still miss out on timely screening.
A recent JAMA study of more than 1,300 FQHCs found that if FQHCs raised cervical screening to the Healthy People 2030 target, they could reach roughly 1.87 million additional women move national screening rates by more than 2 percentage points, preventing cancers or catching them earlier.
During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, it’s a powerful reminder that supporting FQHC cervical screening workflows, outreach & reminders is one of the most direct, cost-effective ways to advance equity & save lives.
Great work by a team of researchers: Trisha L. Amboree, Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Haluk Damgacioglu, Kathleen Schmeler, Elizabeth Chiao, Dr. Kalyani Sonawane, Ashish Deshmukh, Dr. Jane Montealegre MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Roxana Cruz Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC).”
Title: National Outcomes of Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers
Authors: Trisha L. Amboree, Prajakta Adsul, Haluk Damgacioglu, Kathleen M. Schmeler, Elizabeth Y. Chiao, Roxana Cruz, Kalyani Sonawane, Ashish A. Deshmukh, Jane R. Montealegre
Read The Full Article on JAMA
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