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Breast Health Access for Women With Disabilities

Mission statement:

Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities, is a community partnership of women with disabilities, breast cancer survivors, medical professionals and grassroots disability rights organizations. BHAWD provides an accessible clinic for breast exams, self-breast exam education and training, and referral for a mammogram, if appropriate; an accessible mammography facility; educational outreach to women with disabilities regarding their rights to breast health management and accessible services; educational outreach to personal assistants and medical professionals about how to work with women with disabilities to help them get adequate health care; models of education and service delivery that can be replicated on a global scale designed by women with disabilities; and increased awareness on the breast screening needs of women with disabilities, the numerous barriers that impede access to screening, and the neglect of this special population in national, state, and local programs.

Contact Information:

Breast Health Access for Women With Disabilities
Alta Bates Medical Center, Herrick Campus, Rehabilitation Services, 2001 Dwight Way, 2nd Floor
Berkeley CA 94704

Internet address: http://www.bhawd.org/

Phone number(s):

(510) 204-4574 TDD
(510) 204-4866

Fax number:

(510) 204-5892

Related topics:

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• BREAST CANCER
• DISABILITIES
• MAMMOGRAMS AND MAMMOGRAPHY
• WOMEN'S HEALTH

NWHIC record number O-3343