Reach and Teach Program
Reach and Teach Program The Reach and Teach Program is our education, prevention, and early detection program. This program promotes and increases the general public’s knowledge and awareness of important steps they can take to ensure the early detection of breast cancer, such as regular mammogram, self-examinations, and clinical exams by a physician. Sisters encourages women to take a proactive role in the early detection of breast cancer in order to initiate an immediate treatment protocol. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women. The older a women is, the greater her risk is to be diagnosed with breast cancer. This age factor makes it of the utmost importance to detect the cancer early. Mammograms Sisters encourage women over age 40 to get regular mammograms. A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast. A mammogram will find breast cancer while it is too small for you or your doctor to feel it. We help women find free or affordable medical facility resources for screenings and the most efficient early detection diagnostic methods. We are developing a Resource Directory that will contain more medical facility resources for us to refer women who come to us for assistance. If a woman under age 40 has a mother, sister or other close female relatives that have been diagnosed with breast cancer, we encourage her to take a proactive role and talk to her doctor about having a mammogram. Clinical Breast Exams Sisters promote women having a breast exam by a medical professional, in addition to the mammogram. The medical professional will check your breast and underarms for any lumps, nipple discharge, change in skin color or texture, skin dimpling and a change in how the nipple looks which are all signs of breast cancer. Self-Exams Sisters will use a “breast model” to teach you how to perform a proper self-exam of your breast. Sisters encourages women to check their own breast and report any changes to their doctor or to another a medical professional. Health Fairs and Outreach We participate in health fairs and make presentations at senior citizen facilities on a regular basis to increase the general public’s knowledge and awareness of the important steps they can take to ensure early detection of breast cancer. Healthy Life Styles The Reach and Teach program promotes living a healthy lifestyle through good nutrition, exercise, and other healthy behaviors, as well as distributing healthy life style literature to reduce the chances of developing breast cancer Breast Cancer Facts
Please call or e-mail Sisters for more information or if you would like for a Sisters’ volunteer to come to a gathering/meeting and speak about any of the services listed or to demonstrate self-breast exams. Sisters Breast Cancer Survivors Network® E-Mail: sbcsn@yahoo.com Remember: Early detection is key to your peace of mind. |