HealthMeet® Webinar: Women Be Healthy: A Promising Intervention to Promote Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening for Women with ID
Women Be Healthy: A Promising Intervention to Promote Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening for Women with ID
The registration for this webinar is closed, and it is now only available on-demand.
Time: Wednesday, October 30 2013, from 2:00pm to 3:00 PM EST
Presenters:
Susan Parish PhD, MSW, Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
In this webinar, Susan Parish will be reviewing the Women Be Healthy project and results from the projects various tests. Women Be Healthy offers classes and resources for women and professionals to help them learn to express their health concerns and be more prepared and informed when visiting the physician. Susan will discuss the prevalence of cervical and breast cancer screening in women with ID and why it is so important. Barriers to this type of care will also be given along with information regarding the significant racial disparities in mammography for women with ID.
