![]() ![]() Hansen (Vice President), retired partner at Foley & Read More Read More With the start of a new year comes new hopes, new dreams, new beginnings, and new aspirations. Raising awareness of available resources will hopefully result in an increase in the number of American Indian women accessing screening opportunities. ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis announced today the appointment of Billie Jean Smith (President), intellectual property attorney at Boyle Fredrickson Linda E.B. Together we strive to reduce breast cancer in American Indian communities through education, advocacy and service. Pink Shawl InitiativeĪBCD is a proud community partner of the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Pink Shawl Initiative. By providing support in Spanish and being present in Southeastern Wisconsin’s Latino communities, ABCD is educating people about early detection, survivorship and emotional support so that they can be informed and live their best life. By breaking through cultural barriers, we are able to reach and serve more people in need of our free, non-clinical, personalized, peer-to-peer emotional support services.Īccording to the NCI, while the incidence of breast cancer in Latinos is modestly lower than that of Caucasians and African Americans, there is a much higher rate of late diagnosis and mortality. Nuestra Conexión supports anyone in the Hispanic community affected by breast cancer (patients, families, caregivers and friends) who, for a variety of reasons, have not benefited as much as other population groups from supportive services. ![]() Core activities include strategic partnerships, targeted outreach and community involvement and recruitment and training of Spanish-speaking Mentors for our free signature service of providing emotional support through one-to-one mentoring. Together with healthcare providers and community leaders, Nuestra Conexión delivers needed information on breast cancer survivorship and breast health education in a comprehensive, culturally-sensitive platform. Launched in 2017, ABCD’s Nuestra Conexión Project addresses health disparity and access to care issues in Southeastern Wisconsin’s Latino communities. For more information, please contact Bonnie Anderson at (414) 745-4684. ABCD and Nurses Affecting Change focus on providing breast health and breast cancer risk management education and support to the mothers, sisters, daughters, nieces and other family members of women who have experienced breast cancer firsthand. This outreach program seeks to reduce breast cancer morbidity and mortality among black women who reside in high-risk neighborhoods of Milwaukee’s inner city. ![]()
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