Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Des Moines Affiliate

St. Luke’s Medical Center will work with the Women’s Health Network of Healthy Linn Network to offer women for screening and diagnostic mammograms who would otherwise be without resources to pay for these screenings. In addition, physicians and their staffs in 25 clinic offices will be provided office-based training on how to refer women who are underinsured or uninsured for breast cancer screening services.

Breast Screening for Iowa's Underserved Low-Income Women
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Des Moines, Iowa
Granted: $ 101,710

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) proposes to provide access to breast screening services to 900 low income, uninsured or underinsured women in Iowa who are 40-49 years of age and ineligible for subsidized screening services otherwise due to being younger than 50 years. Access to services would be provided to age 49 and younger who meets the income and eligibility guidelines established by the Iowa Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (IBCCEDP.) This proposal will make breast screening services available to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women in the Des Moines Affiliate's service area. It includes breast screening services for women served by the local programs that work with the IDPH to enroll eligible uninsured and underinsured eligible women, provide them with case management services, refer them for diagnostic services and treatment, if needed, and then contact them for re-screening at the appropriate screening intervals.

Northeast Iowa Breast Cancer Screening Project
Waterloo, Iowa
Granted: $ 53,731

The project coordinates breast cancer screening services to medically underserved persons through a northeast Iowa region, including the 13 counties of Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Grundy, Tama, Fayette, Butler, Floyd, Dubuque, Delaware, Clayton, Allamakee and Winneshiek. This unique project supports a coalition of 3 contiguous regional Iowa Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs (BCCEDP) and a Waterloo based federal community health clinic that formed a partnership during 2005 to coordinate the Northeast Iowa Breast Health Education and Screening Project. Both the project and BCCEDP activities are separate but interrelated efforts to ensure all eligible persons residing in the service area have timely access to comprehensive breast cancer screening services.

Polk County Uninsured, Underinsured, and Minority Breast Health Care Program
Polk County Health Department (PCHD)
Des Moines, IA
Granted: $120,000

Polk County Health Department (PCHD) is a government agency that has been successfully providing breast care services in the Des Moines Komen Affiliate service area for more than 14 years. Through established relationships with providers, PCHD has provided outreach, education, screening, and support services to women through its affiliation with the Komen Foundation and the Iowa Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (BCCEDP). Polk County will serve more than 500 women through this grant with mammograms.

Every Women Matters: Breast Health Education Project
Mills County Public Health Department (PCHD)
Glenwood, IA
Granted: $10,000

This project will provide education about breast health and transportation assistance to the Mammograms for Mills County women with a focus on women between the ages of 50 and 74 years of age. Information about modifiable risk factors and effective screening procedures will be conveyed through presentations at women’s groups, worksites and community gatherings as well as in one-on-one counseling. Advertising throughout Mills County about breast cancer screening and this program is to take place.

Lymphedema Therapy Program
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Council Bluffs, IA
Granted: $4,540

At its Lymphedema Center, Jennie Edmundson treats women following mastectomy and lymph node biopsy who have developed lymphedema. Funds will be used to purchase lymphedema compression supplies for 15 underinsured and uninsured women.

Living Well through Breast Cancer
Mercy Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Granted: $32,000

More than 85% of breast cancer patients are alive 5 years after diagnosis. Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines proposes to offer an interdisciplinary individualized program post-surgery that will improve the quality of life of survivors through offering occupational and physical therapy, education, counseling and nutritional consultation. More than 200 women are proposed to be served.

Senos Saludables: Breast Cancer Education for Minority, Non-English Speaking Underinsured and Uninsured Women
John Stoddard Cancer Center, Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Granted: $17,771

Women of all races and economic status are susceptible to breast cancer. Women in minority, underinsured and uninsured communities often lack access to breast health care. This program, which focuses on Hispanic women in Polk County, has three components: First will involve John Stoddard Cancer Center staff training staff at La Clinical on how to counsel women about breast cancer risk factors and screening. The second component involves, a mother-daughter health education fair that will be held at La Clinica. The purpose of the fair is to create a common language for mothers and daughters to discuss breast health. The third component of this program will fund baseline breast exams for Hispanic women at-risk of breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Awareness Outreach Project
Des Moines University
Des Moines, IA
Granted: $24,000

Survival from breast cancer has improved due to aggressive screening programs, early detection, and better adjuvant therapies. But survival among those of low income and who are racial minorities has not matched that of the larger cohort of Iowa women. The Breast Cancer Outreach Education Program proposes to provide educational outreach, assessment of individual risk, transportation to screening, and enrollment in the Care for Yourself program that will remind of and track how well women follow through with needed breast cancer screening services. Medical students at the university will serve as the educational outreach staff.

Breast Cancer Screening and Education for Uninsured/Underinsured Women
Jennie Edmundson Hospital Cancer Center
Council Bluffs IA
Granted: $18,220

The American Cancer society recommends all women have baseline mammograms between ages 35 and 39 years of age as early detection is the key to breast cancer cure. Funds will by used to offer mammograms and ultrasounds to underinsured and uninsured women and education on breast health and appropriate screening services. Mammograms will be offered to up to 55 patients.

Just for You
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee IA
Granted: $7,000

Breast cancer is one of the most common female cancers in Iowa. This program will serve women in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center service area who are underinsured and uninsured under the age of 50 who are not eligible for state Breast Cancer Early Detection and Program screening because of their age.

Calhoun Area Breast Cancer Screening Project
Calhoun County Department of Health
Rockwell City
Granted: $30,650

The Calhoun Area Breast Cancer Screening Project serves women in six rural counties: Calhoun, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Hamilton, and Webster Counties. Komen funding will pay case management services and for screening services for women 50 years of age and younger in the six county area. Screening mammograms for 105 women will be provided.

Healthier Rural Women Breast Cancer
Worth County Public Health
Northwood, IA
Granted: $6,497

Funds will be used to subsidize the Worth County Breast Cancer Early Detection Program. Funding for outreach, transportation and early detection services for women 40 years of age and older.

Target Population for all grants:
African American Women (aged 0 to 120), Asian Women (aged 0 to 120), Hispanic/Latino Women (aged 0 to 120), White/Caucasian Women (aged 0 to 120), Low-Income Women (aged 0 to 120), Uninsured/Underinsured Women (aged 0 to 120), and Minorities Women (aged 0 to 120).

Des Moines Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Des Moines Affiliate of
Susan G. Komen for the Cure