SSG/PALS for Health

Website: http://www.palsforhealth.org/

Phone: (213) 553-1818

Special Service for Groups/PALS for Health

Mireya Munoz, Program Director
Phone: (213) 627-4850
Fax: (213) 553-1822
E-mail: mireyam@palsforhealth.org

“Bridging the Language Gap to Better Breast Health”

Special Service for Groups (SSG)/ PALS for Health’s comprehensive breast health program will empower LEP Latinas and Asian Pacific Islander women to access early detection screenings and breast health care services through tailored community empowerment and education efforts. Patient educators will be trained to promote breast cancer screening in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, and to empower underserved women to advocate for language assistance and quality breast health care for themselves. Furthermore, the project will support and improve existing early detection screenings and breast health care through the provision of face-to-face, trained interpretation services. Finally, the program will design and implement a one-of-a-kind training module for health care interpreters who can be utilized to interpret during any stages of breast health and/or breast cancer process. This project is unique and non-duplicative because it is the only strategic partnership, between breast health organizations and a language service provider, aimed at providing culturally and linguistically appropriate breast health services to ethnic, underserved LEP women in the Inland Empire.