Y-ME Illinois identified the publication of a Spanish brochure as a top priority for the New Year.  We thank Cancer Treatment Centers of America for providing a $7,000 sponsorship to support this critical initiative.

Underserved populations are at risk of receiving poor quality of health care access and medical insurance because of cultural factors such as low English proficiency and lack of acculturation.  These women under utilize screening services and are often diagnosed at later stages of the disease, resulting in a poorer prognosis for breast cancer survival.  Women of underserved populations, including Latino women, have less knowledge because of lack of understandable information which results in more misconceptions and more fatalistic attitudes about breast cancer than other groups of women.

Through marketing materials such as a brochure, Y-ME Illinois seeks to increase breast cancer awareness and early detection in underserved communities, specifically among the Latino population in the Chicagoland area.