AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
Friend to Friend Keychain Project—ACS has requested this money for the purpose of buying the supplies needed to produce 15,000 key chains by volunteers for distribution to local health care organizations for the purpose of promoting dialogue regarding breast care health and the importance of early breast cancer detection. The culturally appropriate ipu key chains are made up of various size beads representing the different size lumps found through breast cancer screening methods.

BAY CLINIC, INC.
New Breast Cancer Screening Clinic for Medically Underserved Women—This project will initiate the first specialized women’s health clinic in rural East and South Hawaiian Island especially targeted toward at-risk women of Native Hawaiian/Asian American/and Other Pacific Island descent. The purpose of the program is to decrease barriers to care and increase the number of women receiving breast cancer screenings.

HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER
The Breast Health Project—This project is intended primarily to fund mammograms and follow-up diagnostics procedures for 75 uninsurd/underinsured women of North Hawaii.

HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
Breast Cancer Screening for Medically Underserved Women ages 40 – 49—This project will provide free mammograms and clinical breast exams for asymptomatic women ages 40 – 49 at two sites: Hawaii Medical Center East (Nuuanu) and West (Ewa Beach).

KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY
Breast Cancer Prevention for the Women of Kalihi Valley—This community-based program will include outreach to women where they live, work, and worship. Activities include: 1) Breast health awareness for 800 through participation in community health fairs and events; 2) Breast health education provided to at least 120 women through churches, community organizations, Kokua Kalihi Valley main clinic, and homes; 3) Peer-to-peer programs will encourage at least 25 women to recruit friends and family members to received breast cancer screenings; and 4) mammography services for 50 women.

KAPIOLANI BREAST CENTER
Prevention of Breast Cancer in Hawaii’s High Risk Women—This grant will help fund the only integrated program in Hawaii to offer cancer risk reduction to high risk women, aimed at preventing breast cancer. It will provide access to this program those women who lack medical insurance, giving special emphasis to better integrating this prevention program into native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

LANA’I COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Breast Health, Education, and Screening—Funding this project will provide free clinical breast exams, breast health education, and educational materials to meet the needs of the women of Lana’I, with a focus on the Filipino, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Island populations. Because there is no mammography on the island, referrals are made, and patients are transported to either Maui or Oahu, for services.

MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL
Molokai General Hospital Breast Cancer Enhancement—The purpose of this grant is to improve the continuity of breast care on Molokai and decrease the time interval from diagnosis to treatment by overcoming factors such as geography isolation, insufficient health care resources, economics, limited cancer knowledge, and motivation. A patient navigation system will assist Native Hawaiian women of Molokai (62% of the population of Molokai is Native Hawaiian or part Native Hawaiian) to get culturally appropriate assistance.

WAIKIKI HEALTH CENTER
Breast Health Services Targeting Medically Underserved Women—This funding is to provide breast health services to the following underserved populations: Homeless, Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, Samoans, Tongans, and Micronesians. Staff reflects ethnicities and cultural backgrounds of populations served, and the program combines Western medicine and traditional Hawaiian healing practices.

WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Women’s Health Program—This program will provide breast cancer screening to uninsured women in need of a mammogram or breast ultrasound test. An outreach program will enroll 40 uninsured women age 35 and older to help them access early breast cancer screening.


Outreach Program