Cancer Prevention and Control at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, provides the public and professional education and partnership components of the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Data-driven, evidenced-based outreach and education serves as the core of public education which includes free clinics, one-on-one eligibility screening, educational sessions, employee outreach, and broad-based campaigns such as the Walks for Women and the Quilts of Hope. Professional education aims to reach healthcare providers and affect their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors to ultimately result in more women in the priority population being screened appropriately. Each year the Public Health Nurses Physical Assessment Training and regional Breast and Cervical Cancer Information Programs are offered to healthcare providers participating in the Program. In addition to public and provider education, WVU BCCSP coordinates the partnership component of the Program. Effective outreach and education relies on effectively joining with community stakeholders and already existing groups in various communities throughout the state.
For more information about other components of WVBCCSP or to talk to someone within the Program, call 304.558.5388 or toll free in West Virginia at 1.800.642.8522 or visit our website at www.wvdhhr.org/bccsp.
WVBCCSP Mission:
The mission of the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program is to prevent unnecessary disease, disability, and premature death due to breast and/or cervical cancer.
Program Successes:
Since Program inception in 1991, the WVBCCSP has:
- enrolled more than 107,000 women
- provided over 209,000 Pap tests
- provided over 136,000 mammograms
- provided over 198,000 clinical breast exams
- diagnosed over 684 cases of invasive breast cancer
- ... and diagnosed over 115 cases of invasive cervical cancer
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