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 Belleville, NJ—Susan G. Komen for the Cure® North Jersey recently awarded Clara Maass Medical Center with a grant to fund a Breast Health Outreach and Navigation program.
The Breast Health Outreach and Navigation program will provide critical breast health education and training to all women through collaborations with faith-based institutions, low-income and senior housing communities, municipal health departments and local businesses. The program will educate women about the importance of breast self-exams, screenings, follow-up, proper nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction.
The Breast Cancer Navigation program at Clara Maass Medical Center will offer support for women with suspicious findings and those diagnosed with breast cancer.
With navigation, these patients will receive more timely diagnoses and treatment. They will be encouraged to ask their health care providers questions to understand treatment options and follow-up with the goal of increased quality of care, compliance and better outcomes.
The breast health navigator will guide patients through the treatment process, direct them to local resources and support services, help to arrange and manage appointments, and most of all answer the many questions that may arise.
For more information about the Breast Health Outreach and Navigation program at Clara Maass Medical Center, please contact breast health navigator, Anabela Cunha-Almeida, BSN, RN, at
973-844-4173.
Located in Belleville, NJ, Clara Maass Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, provides a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey. Clara Maass centers and services include The Health and Wellness Center, Nuclear Medicine, The Cancer Center at Clara Maass, Diagnostic Cardiac Services including Cardiac Catheterization, Emergency Angioplasty and Rehabilitation, The Pain Management Center, The Joint & Spine Institute, a Vascular Center, Same Day Surgery, The Wound Center at Clara Maass, The Center for Sleep Disorders, The Bariatric Surgery Center, Rehabilitation Services, The Eye Surgery Center, Maternity Services and Parent Education, as well as Pediatrics. For a physician referral or more information about Clara Maass, call 1-888-724-7123 or visit www.barnabashealth.org.
The North Jersey Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® was founded in 1997 and serves nine-counties in northern New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. Seventy-five percent of net funds raised by the Affiliate ( $12.2 million since inception) stays in the Affiliate’s service region to support education, screening and treatment programs for uninsured populations; the remaining twenty-five percent ($5.1 million to date) is directed to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Grants Program. For further information: www.komennorthjersey.org or call 908.277.2904.
Date:
July 6, 2010
Contact: Cathy
Toscano
Director,
Public Relations
Clara
Maass Medical Center
973.450.2996
ctoscano@barnabashealth.org
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