“American Cancer Society Is Committed to the BCCCP and the Fight Against Colorectal Cancer”
Poster Description: Alpena General Hospital, the American Cancer Society, and District Health Departments # 2 and #4 Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Programs conducted free breast and cervical cancer screenings throughout five counties in northeastern Michigan during March and April 2004. The goal of the project was to target underserved, uninsured and underinsured residents of the region. In addition, Alpena General Hospital and the American Cancer Society distributed fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits to the public during the month of March 2004 and to those who qualified at the breast and cervical cancer screenings.
Contact Person: Sandy Grushesky, American Cancer Society, Northern Michigan Service Area, Traverse City, MI 49684 (Phone: 231-947-0860, Fax: 231-947-0830; e-mail: sandy.grushesky@cancer.org)

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“Expedited Breast Diagnosis Project”
Poster Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the time to tissue diagnosis (TTTD) for all breast biopsy types at Beaumont Hospital during a three-year period and implement interventions to shorten the time to diagnosis for stereotactic and ultrasound-guided biopsy patients.
Contact Person: Nancy Gregory, MD, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073 (Phone: 248-551-1409; e-mail: ngregory@beaumont.edu)

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“MPRO's Outpatient Rapid Assessment — A Physician Office Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Health Care Screening for Medicare Beneficiaries”
Poster Description: MPRO has developed a simple, consistent, standardized intervention for physician offices to ensure breast cancer screening is addressed with all adult female patients at every visit. MPRO is offering the Outpatient Rapid Assessment (OPRA) tool — a paper-based reminder system, one-page assessment tool — to primary care physicians statewide. Physician offices mail completed forms to MPRO monthly for analysis. MPRO aggregates the information and provides each office with a quarterly data report.
Contact Person: Grace Lyskawa, MPRO, 22670 Haggerty Road, Suite 100, Novi, MI 48335-2611 (Phone: 248-465-7463; e-mail: glyskawa@mail.mpro.org)

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“A Peer Educator Model to Improve Breast Health for Vietnamese Women”
Poster Description: The purpose of this project was to develop a breast health curriculum for Vietnamese women in a peer educator model. Based on a community needs assessment, it was determined that Asian women needed breast health education; Vietnamese women were selected as the target audience.
Contact Person: Susan Hoppough, PhD, RN, The Lacks Cancer Center at St. Mary's, 200 Jefferson SE, B-109 Clinical Center, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (Phone: 616-752-5206; e-mail: hoppougs@trinity-health.org)

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“Readiness to Change: Is Your Primary Care Practice Ready to Improve Cancer Early Detection Processes?”
Poster Description: This poster addresses breast, cervical and colorectal cancer control, representing collective lessons learned from the Michigan Department of Community Health/Michigan Public Health Institute-funded Cancer Early Detection Project. It illustrates issues in conducting a thorough assessment of office systems, barriers and relationships with health care delivery systems, in preparation for changing primary care practice prevention services.
Contact Person: Nancy McCrohan, PhD, Michigan Public Health Institute, 2438 Woodlake Circle, Suite 240, Okemos, MI 48864 (Phone: 517-324-7335; e-mail: nmccroha@mphi.org)

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