Rural Women's Health Project
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The Rural Women’s Health Project provides health education to strengthen the well-being of rural communities.  RWHP does this by creating innovative health educational tools with communities and by informing communities through hands-on learning experiences.

Contact or Visit Us
Email: rwhp@cafl.com
Phone: (352) 372-1095
Address:
RWHP
P.O. Box 12016
Gainesville, FL 32604
Website: http://www.rwhp.org

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Marta missed Noelito’s party last night... and that’s just not like her.

When Marta finds a lump in her breast, she is faced with the fear of breast cancer. Marta’s friends discover her scare and also realize just how susceptible they are to the disease.  Follow Marta as she finds the strength to teach others how to detect breast cancer by providing clear steps of the breast self-exam and emphasizes early detection to her family and friends.

Informing, Modeling and Practicing

Breast cancer is the leading diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of death among Hispanic women. Unfortunately the cause is late detection, and just like Marta, many Hispanic women are neither taught nor practice the breast self-examination.1 

Follow the guidance and warm advice from other Hispanic women in our fotonovelas, El Susto de Marta (Marta’s Scare) and Lo Que Dicen Mis Amigas Sobre El Cáncer Del Seno (What My Friends Say about Breast Cancer).  See how women discover the importance of early detection, understand their value to their family and community and learn how to practice a breast self-exam through a simple, visual demonstration.

Visit us at www.rwhp.org

Celebrate National Breast Awareness Month in October by sharing these women’s messages with your community.  Check out our website to order these novelas, peruse through our materials on other health topics and get to know more about RWHP.

1(2007). Rural Women’s Health Project.  Lake County Hispanic Health Survey, 2007.  In a survey conducted in Lake County, Fl., 57 percent of women respondents reported that they do not practice the breast self-exam, 29 percent of women respondents reported that they had never conducted the exam, and 13 percent of women respondents reported that they were never taught the breast self-exam.  (To be presented at the American Public Health Association 2007 Annual Meeting and Exposition).