Beaumont Health System - Minority Cancer Outreach Program

Beaumontâ€™s Minority Cancer Outreach Program is a community-based program that targets and meets the needs of ethnic and minority communities. This proactive approach helps reduce health disparities and increases awareness for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.

What is it?

Beaumont’s Minority Cancer Outreach Program is a community-based program that targets and meets the needs of ethnic and minority communities. This proactive approach helps reduce health disparities and increases awareness for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.

Who is it for?

African American, Arab/Chaldean, Native American, Hispanic/Latino and Southeast Asian communities.

Why do they do it?

In these communities, language, cultural and financial barriers often hinder residents’ access to preventative cancer screening programs.

Impact

Since its inception in 2003, the Minority Cancer Outreach Program has conducted more than 30 educational and screening symposiums for hard-to- reach and vulnerable populations with health and health care disparities. The program has helped more than 8,000 individuals to date.

Contact: Carla Schwartz
Director, Community Affairs & Advocacy
Telephone: 248-551-9001
E-mail: Carla.schwartz@beaumont.edu

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