{"id":1217,"date":"2012-04-13T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T02:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/blog\/?page_id=1217"},"modified":"2014-02-18T15:22:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T22:22:52","slug":"screening-saves-lives-brocure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?page_id=1217","title":{"rendered":"Screening Saves Lives brochure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar _gaq = _gaq || [];   _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-38930683-1']);   _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);   (function() {     var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text\/javascript'; ga.async = true;     ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;\">Breast Cancer &amp; Disability<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>One in five<\/strong> women in the U.S. has at least one disability.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Historically,<\/strong> women with disabilities have been marginalized and disadvantaged, especially with regard to health care access.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Compared to women<\/strong> without disabilities, women with disabilities have an equal or greater risk of having breast cancer.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Women with physical disabilities<\/strong> are significantly less likely to have had recommended breast cancer screenings.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fewer or inconsistent <\/strong>screenings put women at risk for late-stage cancer diagnosis and poor health outcomes.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<h3 align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; color: #888888;\">Factors contributing to successful breast health screening for women with disabilities<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Access to public<\/strong> or private transportation<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Access to the facility:<\/strong> zero step entrances; automatic front door; wide interior doors and halls; low reception counters; large waiting, examination and dressing rooms; accessible bathrooms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Adaptable medical equipment:<\/strong> wheelchair-friendly mammography machines, mammography chair, adjustable height exam table, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Designated ADA parking spaces<\/strong> for cars and lift-equiped vans at the front entrance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Disability training <\/strong>for health care providers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Insurance coverage<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<h3 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #888888; font-family: Cambria;\">Accessibility &amp; Equipment<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Accessibility Guidelines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Assessments and Tax Incentives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Communicating With People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hospital Settings<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Medical Equipment:<\/strong> When purchasing new equipment, consider buying wheelchair-friendly x-ray units, and specialized mammography positioning chairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Montana Centers for Independent Living (CILs)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Montana Mammography Directory:<\/strong> Information about mammography facilities by city for individuals and service providers: hours of operation, bus routes, average costs, and accessibility details. Updated annually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>North Carolina Office on Disability and Health:<\/strong> Removing Barriers to Health Care: A Guide for Health Professionals. A resource of making medical facilities accessible.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888; font-family: Cambria;\">Training &amp; Education<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG):<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Reproductive Health Care for Women with Disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Improving Access to Care for Women with Disabilities: Quick Reference on CPT Coding: For more information email: underservedwomen@acog.org<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (BHAWD):<\/strong> Offers Mammography Technologist Training on screening women with disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>CDC&#8217;s Right to Know Campaign:<\/strong> Offers health promotion materials to increase awareness of breast cancer among women with physical disabilities and to encourage these women to get screened.<\/span><br \/>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Every Woman Matters:<\/strong> Portraits of Montana Women Living with Physical Disabilities. A multi-media exhibit highlighting the importance of Breast Cancer Screening.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>MammaCare:<\/strong> Provides tactually accurate breast models and evidence-based certification courses in performing and teaching Clinical Breast Examination and Breast Self-Examination. 800-626-2273<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Montana Cancer Screening Program:<\/strong> Provides low cost or free mammograms, clinical breast exams, Pap tests, and pelvic exams for eligible individuals. 888-803-9343.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Registry For Interpreters For The Deaf<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Women&#8217;s Independence Through Health <\/strong>~ Universal Screening Solutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Women Be Healthy:<\/strong> A curriculum designed for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/span><br \/>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888; font-family: Cambria;\">Health Care Provider Screening and Facility Tips<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Schedulers should ask a patient if she &#8230;<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">needs accommodations &#8211; extra time or assistance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">uses a wheelchair or scooter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">has a wheelchair with moveable or removable arms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">can sit upright without back support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">can lift her arms to shoulder height.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">can independently transfer to another chair.<\/span><br \/>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">&#8220;People First&#8221; Communication<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Regardless of her disability, speak directly to the patient, not to her companion or assistant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Refer to the patient as a &#8230; <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">woman\/patient\/person with a disability, not a disabled woman.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">woman\/patient\/person who uses a wheelchair\/scooter\/walker, not a wheelchair-bound woman.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The Mammogram<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">If necessary, ask another technologist to help with positioning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Use adaptations or alternate views to maximize tissue visualization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Work with the patient to find the best positions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The patient is the expert in her abilities; ask for directions and listen to her instructions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">If the patient prefers, include her companion or assistant during positioning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><em>Portions of this material have been adapted, with permission, from the Florida Office on Disability and Health&#8217;s Radiology Professionals Tip Sheet.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Montana Disability and Health Program, The University of Montana Rural Institute,<br \/>\n52 Corbin Hall, Missoula, MT 59812-7056;<br \/>\n888-268-2743; 406-243-5467 (V); 406-243-4200 (TTY); 406-243-2349 (fax)<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto: matraci@ruralinstitute.umt.edu\" target=\"_blank\">matraci@ruralinstitute.umt.edu<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/MTDH.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\">http:\/\/MTDH.ruralinstitute.umt.edu<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/\/www.CDC.gov\/righttoknow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/\/www.CDC.gov\/righttoknow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Opinions expressed are the author&#8217;s and do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agency<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brochure PDF file \u00a0\u00a0 Brochure large print Screening Saves Lives Breast Health Screening The Right to Know Breast Cancer &amp; 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