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A demonstration program to improve health care outcomes for people with cancer and/or other chronic diseases by helping them make their way through the health care system.
HRSA funded six projects for the two-year demonstration, beginning in September 2008, to support non-medical health workers, especially in communities with significant health disparities and barriers to health services.
The workers, also known as patient navigators, help people learn about chronic disease, such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and asthma, then steer them into screening and treatment as needed. In addition, navigators assist people in finding and using community services that will help them beat chronic disease for longer, healthier lives.
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Cancer Patient Navigator Program
San Fernando, California
- $499,999 in FY 2008
- Focus on breast, cervical and colorectal cancer
- Serving Spanish-speaking Latino residents of Los Angeles county
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Patient Navigator Project for At-Risk and High-Risk Diabetes Patients
Brooklyn, New York
- $500,000 in FY 2008
- Focus on
diabetes and cardiovascular conditions
- Serving adults and children in Southwest Brooklyn
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Promoting Access To Healthcare Services
Hollywood, Florida
- $299,167 in FY 2008
- Focus on
heart disease, diabetes and cancer (colorectal, prostate, breast and cervical)
- Serving high-risk, uninsured Blacks and Hispanics in southern Broward County
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Palmetto AccessNET
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- $466,963 in FY 2008
- Focus on cardiovascular disease and diabetes
- Serving
minority populations with documented risk factors in five coastal counties
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Patient Navigator Program
Brunswick, Georgia
- $118,000 in FY 2008
- Focus on diabetes and cardiovascular disease
- Serving
uninsured adults residing in Camden, Glynn and McIntosh counties in southeast Georgia
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Transformacion Para Salud: Using Promotores to Improve Chronic Disease Management
Lubbock, Texas
- $495,724 in FY 2008
- Focus on cancer, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma
- Serving
economically and medically vulnerable patients with the identified health conditions in Lubbock County
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Page last updated: October 8, 2008
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