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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.
Demonstration Projects |
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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