Breast cancer awareness
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so I wanted to share some tips for promoting breast cancer awareness in your community I found on the National Breast Cancer Awareness website:
- Contact your local hospital or mammography facilities to find speakers who are experts in the early detection of breast cancer for your events.
- Partner with a mammography facility to make screening appointments for women while they are attending your event.
- Contact the Breast Cancer Resource Committee or the National Medical Association for information and tips on reaching African American women.
- Post information on bulletin boards at local community centers, places of worship, the library, and post office.
- Exhibit or post materials at the county fair or health fairs, which are popular in the fall.
- Take advantage of “back-to-school” shopping in August to alert mall shoppers to upcoming activities for October.
- To reach older women, work through senior centers, senior newspapers, and retirement homes.
