FY26 Breast and/or Cervical Cancer Community Outreach C5249

Kentucky Cancer Program East Outreach C5249 Breast and/or Cervical Cancer Community Outreach For over thirty years, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH), Division of Women’s Health, through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has implemented the Kentucky Women’s Cancer Screening Program (KWCSP). The program’s focus is securing access to early detection breast and/or cervical cancer screening/diagnostic services targeting low-income, uninsured, age-appropriate women (services free for eligibles). University of Kentucky Research Foundation (UKRF) shall provide KWCSP awareness strategies, patient/provider outreach/education, and identify, reach and navigate eligibles to breast and/or cervical cancer (BCC) screening and diagnostic services, necessary to achieve Program goals of increased breast and cervical cancer (BCC) screening rates, and a decrease in the BCC cancer. UKRF shall: 1. Connect with the KWCSP contracted screening providers to offer essential front staff KWCSP overview training (at least every 6 months). 2. Collaborate with community-based, cancer control programs, leadership/organizations on outreach strategies/activities that will identify and increase breast/cervical cancer (BCC) screening rates within the target population. a. Population of focus to reduce BCC cancer disparities: i. Target Hispanics and African Americans ii. Target women never or rarely screened for cervical cancer screenings iii. Target women over 50 years of age for breast cancer screenings 3.Provide patient navigation services which may include: a. Assessment of individual patient barriers to cancer screening, diagnostic services, and initiation of cancer treatment. b. Patient education and support. c. Resolution of patient barriers (e.g., transportation, translation services). d. Tracking and follow-up to monitor patient progress in completing screening, diagnostic testing, and initiating cancer treatment. e. minimum of two, but preferably more, contacts with the patient, due to the centrality of the patient-navigator relationship. f. Linking women to other needed health, community, and social services. 4. Collect Outreach Report data, determined by the program, to measure outcomes of outreach work plan strategies/activities, and evaluate the primary outcomes of patient navigation.