Presenters: Gladys Picó-Gleason
This workshop will highlight how More Life Más Vida CHWs have been instrumental in bringing free breast, colon, and coming soon, cervical cancer screenings to community members who have multiple barriers to early cancer detection. We will highlight the unique role CHWs play in the multidisciplinary, cross-departmental team that works together to plan and deliver these services. By being deeply embedded and in tune with community needs and resources and having established relationships with program participants and community partners, they are essential to the work that is done to bring cancer screenings to the neighborhoods in greatest need. We will explore how having CHWs that are part of the communities we serve is key to the success of these efforts. Lastly, we will highlight the opportunities to grow the initiative and for other organizations to replicate the model.