Services
Betterdays offers the following services: The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. Audré Lourdes.
Our services are designed and delivered in a culturally sensitive way ensuring that all women receive care according to their individual need. We are the only African Caribbean breast cancer organisation working across the globe to provide these services. Every year we respond to request for support and information about breast cancer or breast health concerns.
Our services are designed and delivered in a culturally sensitive way ensuring that all women receive care according to their individual need. We are the only African Caribbean breast cancer organisation working across the globe to provide these services. Every year we respond to request for support and information about breast cancer or breast health concerns.
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DID YOU KNOW?
An estimated 19,540 new cases of breast cancer are expected to occur among African American women in 2009.
The overall incidence rate of breast cancer is 10% lower in African American women than white women.
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An estimated 19,540 new cases of breast cancer are expected to occur among African American women in 2009.
The overall incidence rate of breast cancer is 10% lower in African American women than white women.
More Facts.....
Support
When someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, it can be an emotionally difficult time. We provide support information and resources for the breast cancer patient, family and caregivers, and children, including support groups and programs across the globe. A special feature, breaking the barriers of silence, allows a breast cancer patient to connect with over fifty breast cancer survivors who are willing to share their experiences and offer support.......
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When someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, it can be an emotionally difficult time. We provide support information and resources for the breast cancer patient, family and caregivers, and children, including support groups and programs across the globe. A special feature, breaking the barriers of silence, allows a breast cancer patient to connect with over fifty breast cancer survivors who are willing to share their experiences and offer support.......
Find out more.....
Offering you support when you need it most?
Contact
Betterdays Cancer Care,
the free information service.
Tel: 07740 145 347
Email: betterdaysbarnet@yahoo.co.uk
Contact
Betterdays Cancer Care,
the free information service.
Tel: 07740 145 347
Email: betterdaysbarnet@yahoo.co.uk
Empowerment
Possessing accurate information and knowing where to go for the answers you need can give you a sense of empowerment and confidence at a time when you may feel most powerless. We provide a tool to help women help themselves. A well-informed patient is better able to navigate through the breast cancer experience with confidence-in herself and in her health care providers. Finding information about breast cancer resources is not always easy. This site provides information from different sources. We have organized information and topic-specific resources that are easy to find.
Each begins with information about different aspects of the breast cancer experience. At the end, you will find the Resources. These include Organizations (local, and national), Books and More (related to topics covered in this Web Site) .
Possessing accurate information and knowing where to go for the answers you need can give you a sense of empowerment and confidence at a time when you may feel most powerless. We provide a tool to help women help themselves. A well-informed patient is better able to navigate through the breast cancer experience with confidence-in herself and in her health care providers. Finding information about breast cancer resources is not always easy. This site provides information from different sources. We have organized information and topic-specific resources that are easy to find.
Each begins with information about different aspects of the breast cancer experience. At the end, you will find the Resources. These include Organizations (local, and national), Books and More (related to topics covered in this Web Site) .
You live in the community not knowing the services available to you, then you come here and it's all on display for you."
Better Days Cancer Care Teams up with Southwark Council to Improve Breast Screening Uptake in Black Women in Southwark through their Patient Navigation Programme
Recent studies conducted in the UK have highlighted some of the differences that exist in breast cancer survival in the UK with respect to ethnic groups. Paradoxically even though black women are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than their white counterparts, (a third less likely) a larger percentage of black women die from breast cancer than white women. Studies in the US have shown that black women are 30% more likely to die from breast cancer and in the UK it has been shown that black women are twice as likely to die from breast cancer as white women. There are a number of reasons for the increased mortality observed in black women, these include delayed diagnosis of breast cancer and in a number of cases black women being affected by more aggressive forms of breast cancer (triple negative breast cancer and inflammatory breast cancer). In addition, numerous studies have shown that when black women do get breast cancer they tend to develop it at a much younger age with a recent study in Hackney showing that black women were on average 20 years younger than their white counterparts when they were diagnosed (an average of 46 years old compared to an average of 67 years old for white women). Taking all of this into account it is extremely important that breast cancer is detected at an early stage in black women and this can be achieved through breast screening.
Recent studies conducted in the UK have highlighted some of the differences that exist in breast cancer survival in the UK with respect to ethnic groups. Paradoxically even though black women are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than their white counterparts, (a third less likely) a larger percentage of black women die from breast cancer than white women. Studies in the US have shown that black women are 30% more likely to die from breast cancer and in the UK it has been shown that black women are twice as likely to die from breast cancer as white women. There are a number of reasons for the increased mortality observed in black women, these include delayed diagnosis of breast cancer and in a number of cases black women being affected by more aggressive forms of breast cancer (triple negative breast cancer and inflammatory breast cancer). In addition, numerous studies have shown that when black women do get breast cancer they tend to develop it at a much younger age with a recent study in Hackney showing that black women were on average 20 years younger than their white counterparts when they were diagnosed (an average of 46 years old compared to an average of 67 years old for white women). Taking all of this into account it is extremely important that breast cancer is detected at an early stage in black women and this can be achieved through breast screening.
The UK's breast screening programme targets women between the ages of 50-70. It aims to contact all women within the target age group for their first screen by their 53rd birthday and then every three years following this initial screen. For breast screening to be effective it needs to reach 70% of the target population. In Southwark, 50% of women invited for screening do not attend and thus opportunities are missed for early detection. Hence Better Days Cancer Care has teamed up with NHS Southwark, NHS Lambeth, the South East London Screening Service and Cancer Black Care to improve the uptake of breast screening services by black women in Southwark to ensure early detection. This will be achieved through Better Days Cancer Care developing and implementing a Patient Navigation Programme based on a model utilised in the US.
The aim of the Patient Navigation Programme (PNP) is to improve breast cancer awareness and screening uptake in black women in Southwark. The PNP will be based on the Harold P Freeman Navigation Programme which has been shown to significantly increase uptake of breast screening in low income BME groups in the USA. This will be the first time this approach has been used in England and it will be conducted as a collaboration between Better Days Cancer Care, Cancer Black Care, NHS Southwark and NHS Lambeth. The full programme, as developed in the USA, has different navigation focus areas for different parts of the breast cancer diagnosis and treatment pathway. The Better Days Cancer Care programme will focus on community outreach as this is regarded as the biggest deficit in current UK services. Specifically it will follow up and support black women who did not attend screening following an invitation and black women who have a suspicious finding following screening.
Patient Navigators from Better Days Cancer Care will be assigned to work within the community to guide women through the breast screening process; act as advocates; assist in locating relevant resources and support; and ensure that any barriers to accessing breast health services are addressed. In this way we hope to identify the factors that prevent women from attending screening, address those issues and encourage more women to utilise breast screening services. We hope that by providing a more personalised approach to breast screening we can improve the patient experience, ensure early detection and ultimately improve breast cancer survival.
Black women who live in Peckham who are eligible for breast screening and would like to be a part of the Patient Navigation Programme can get in touch with our Patient Navigator who will be very happy to see you through your breast screening journey.
Contact:
Abi Ajose-Adeogun
Email: abi.ajose-adeogun@nhs.net
Phone: 0207 525 0290
The aim of the Patient Navigation Programme (PNP) is to improve breast cancer awareness and screening uptake in black women in Southwark. The PNP will be based on the Harold P Freeman Navigation Programme which has been shown to significantly increase uptake of breast screening in low income BME groups in the USA. This will be the first time this approach has been used in England and it will be conducted as a collaboration between Better Days Cancer Care, Cancer Black Care, NHS Southwark and NHS Lambeth. The full programme, as developed in the USA, has different navigation focus areas for different parts of the breast cancer diagnosis and treatment pathway. The Better Days Cancer Care programme will focus on community outreach as this is regarded as the biggest deficit in current UK services. Specifically it will follow up and support black women who did not attend screening following an invitation and black women who have a suspicious finding following screening.
Patient Navigators from Better Days Cancer Care will be assigned to work within the community to guide women through the breast screening process; act as advocates; assist in locating relevant resources and support; and ensure that any barriers to accessing breast health services are addressed. In this way we hope to identify the factors that prevent women from attending screening, address those issues and encourage more women to utilise breast screening services. We hope that by providing a more personalised approach to breast screening we can improve the patient experience, ensure early detection and ultimately improve breast cancer survival.
Black women who live in Peckham who are eligible for breast screening and would like to be a part of the Patient Navigation Programme can get in touch with our Patient Navigator who will be very happy to see you through your breast screening journey.
Contact:
Abi Ajose-Adeogun
Email: abi.ajose-adeogun@nhs.net
Phone: 0207 525 0290
Breast Cancer risk assessment service
This service is to assess the risk of breast cancer for people who have a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer. Our two dedicated breast cancer family history nurse specialists, Kati Harris and Belinda (Bee) Lötter, see patients in clinic. Each patient is assessed according to NICE guidelines for breast cancer family history and referred if appropriate for breast screening.
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This service is to assess the risk of breast cancer for people who have a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer. Our two dedicated breast cancer family history nurse specialists, Kati Harris and Belinda (Bee) Lötter, see patients in clinic. Each patient is assessed according to NICE guidelines for breast cancer family history and referred if appropriate for breast screening.
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