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<p>After the COVID-19 pandemic, racial and ethnic minority groups experienced disproportionate delays in returning to breast cancer. The GW Cancer Center’s Community Outreach and Engagement team developed a novel Neighborhood Health Ambassador (NHA) network to increase knowledge and access to breast cancer screening in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. First, we recruited NHAs to complete a paid 100-h Community Health Worker (CHW) training and 44-h practicum. We coached NHAs to conduct community outreach and breast cancer screening education in their neighborhoods. Second, we partnered with two community-based organizations to arrange direct screenings for Hispanic/Latina and African immigrant women. Twenty-six NHAs completed the CHW Curriculum. Nineteen NHAs completed the practicum. NHAs reached 2,189 direct beneficiaries at 108 events over a year. GW Cancer Center staff navigated 21 women to mammograms. Out-of-pocket costs were paid to allow an additional 102 uninsured women to obtain mammograms. This project piloted a community-based network to strengthen breast cancer screening in the GW Cancer Center catchment area. Creating a grassroots network of community health workers is feasible and impactful, but time-intensive. Directly partnering with longstanding community partners yielded faster screening uptake among priority groups for breast cancer screening.</p>

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Program Outcomes from a Novel Outreach Network to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Uptake in Washington, DC

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    2025年11月1日

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  • Hannah Safron,
  • Shayla Scarlett,
  • Claudia Campos Galvan,
  • Julie E. Bauman,
  • Sherrie Flynt Wallington,
  • Jacqueline Beale,
  • Bettye Muwwakkil,
  • Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman

摘要

After the COVID-19 pandemic, racial and ethnic minority groups experienced disproportionate delays in returning to breast cancer. The GW Cancer Center’s Community Outreach and Engagement team developed a novel Neighborhood Health Ambassador (NHA) network to increase knowledge and access to breast cancer screening in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. First, we recruited NHAs to complete a paid 100-h Community Health Worker (CHW) training and 44-h practicum. We coached NHAs to conduct community outreach and breast cancer screening education in their neighborhoods. Second, we partnered with two community-based organizations to arrange direct screenings for Hispanic/Latina and African immigrant women. Twenty-six NHAs completed the CHW Curriculum. Nineteen NHAs completed the practicum. NHAs reached 2,189 direct beneficiaries at 108 events over a year. GW Cancer Center staff navigated 21 women to mammograms. Out-of-pocket costs were paid to allow an additional 102 uninsured women to obtain mammograms. This project piloted a community-based network to strengthen breast cancer screening in the GW Cancer Center catchment area. Creating a grassroots network of community health workers is feasible and impactful, but time-intensive. Directly partnering with longstanding community partners yielded faster screening uptake among priority groups for breast cancer screening.