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Creando Nuestra Salud

Informing, Modeling and Practicing Early
Breast Cancer Detection

Many Hispanic women are neither taught, nor practice the breast self-exam.  As early detection is critical to survival, sharing messages about breast health is of vital importance. The foundation of our breast health education is reinforcing the importance of early breast cancer detection through the breast self-exams (BSE) and clinical examinations, and modeling instructions to the BSE and encouraging regular detection screenings.

The Creando Program

In the past five years, Creando Nuestra Salud has trained over 150 lay health workers to...
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The Print Materials

Follow the guidance and warm advice from Hispanic women in two fotonovelas...
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Early Breast
Cancer Detection Curriculum

Creando Nuestra Salud is a curriculum, which can be implemented in new and existing...
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