Authors: Foss, M.A., Sayler, J., Hewitt, C., and MacKinnon, M.

Publication Year: 2005

Last Updated: 2012-03-02

Journal: National Indian Womens Health Resource Center

Keywords: National Indian Women's Health Resource Center, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Co-operative agreement

Abstract:

The National Indian Women's Health Resource Center Publication (CDC packet)

part of Co-operative agreement with CDC - Cancer prevention department

note: Doc. P134 - P144 related, CDC info 

Women's Way, the North Dakota Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (BCCEDP), had already recognized the value of cultural sensitivity in reaching more American Indian (AI) women when it asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for technical assistance. CDC identified the National Indian Women's Health Resource Center (NIWHRC) through an AI cooperative agreement designed specifically to enhance AI/AN screening in tribes and states.

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