What does BCCED stand for?

Every Women Counts (EWC) is a joint program by the state Department of Public Health and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

That screening, provided through the Department of Health's Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, saved her life, she said.

territories and 13 American Indian/Alaskan Native organizations under the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).

The event was sponsored by the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network with a focus on getting Congress to reauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, increase research funding, and sign the Congressional Cancer Promise.

He has put particular emphasis on women's health, doubling funding for breast cancer research and launching a national breast and cervical cancer early detection program.

In order to meet the healthcare needs of low-income women, programs such as the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) have been instituted, and provide access to lifesaving cancer screening, diagnostic services, and treatment centers to millions of uninsured and underinsured women (CDC, 2003).

This paper emphasizes the value of CBPR, highlights the process for implementation and describes its use in achieving NBLIC II goals related to breast and cervical cancer early detection awareness among African American women in the United States.

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 established a new state coverage option under Medicaid that permits states to extend Medicaid to any uninsured woman under age 65 who was screened and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).