Kaw Nation

Kaw Nation Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program - Cancer Remains One of the Leading Causes of Death in America, and the Number One Cause of Death for Native Women. Breast Cancer Being on Top of the Five Cancers That Lead to Death in American Indian/alaskan Natives. in 2002, Our State of Oklahoma Was Ranked Sixth in the Nation for the Highest Percentage of Women Who Had Not Received a Mammogram in Over Five Years. These Are Reasons That Our State Needs Women Health Programs Such as Ours. Kaw Nation Has Been Funded Since September 2001 Through the CDC’S National Cancer Prevention and Control Program for a Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Project. This Project Currently Serves American Indian/alaska Native Women in a Seven-county Area in Rural North-central Oklahoma (pawnee Service Unit). On-site Services Are Offered Throughout This Area at Four Nearby Tribal Clinics, One Indian Health Service Unit Clinic, and One Urban Area Indian Clinic on a Rotation Basis to Educate Women in Our Area on the Importance of Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention. the Goal for the Proposed Kaw Nation CDC Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program Is: to Continue to Enhance and Expand the Current Kaw Nation Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program So That an Increasingly Efficient and Effective Program Is Available to All Eligible American Indian/alaska Native Women in the Pawnee Service Unit and in Targeted Surrounding Areas. Project Activities Include: - Continue to Offer an Enhanced, Comprehensive Range of Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Services to All Eligible American Indian/alaska Native Women and Under/uninsured Women in the Designated Service Area. - Continue to Offer an Enhanced, Comprehensive Range of Program-related Educational Outreach Information/activities to All American Indian/alaska Native Women in the Designated Service Area. - Continue to Maintain an Effective, Efficient Fiscal System to Track and Monitor Program Expenditures So That Accurate and Timely Reimbursement of Services Contracted by the Program Can Be Provided. - Continue to Maintain an Effective and Efficient Data System to Collect and Edit Information to Follow Program-eligible Women So That Up-to-date Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Services Are Offered on an Ongoing Basis. - Continue to Monitor All Staff, Professional Services, and Facilities Certifications to Ensure That Appropriate Standards of Care and CDC Performance Indicators Are Being Met. - Continue to Maintain All Program Collaborative and Evaluation Efforts to Ensure That an Efficient and Effective Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program Is Being Offered to All American Indian/alaska Native Women and Under/uninsured Women in the Designated Service Area. Estimated Number of People to Be Served as a Result of the Award of This Grant: 2,400.