Honoring Women's Health Program
In 2002, Family Planning of Clallam County launched the Outreach to Native American & Latina Women Project, funded in part by
Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The project grew in the ensuing years and has become the Honoring Women's Health Program (HWHP).
The Honoring Women's Health Program is Family Planning of Clallam County's successful breast health program (which includes the Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program). The 2009 goal is to continue to improve the health and well-being of medically-underserved, low-income, rural, Latina, American Indian, and lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women on the Olympic Peninsula by providing access to clinical breast exams and screening mammograms as well as culturally-appropriate breast health education, thus reducing mortality associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer. Early detection saves lives.
Honoring Women's Health Program Mobile Day Clinics provide women's health services in rural communities and American Indian reservations for the purpose of making these critical services more accessible. HWH Mobile Day Clinics (MDC) have been extremely successful in providing breast health education, outreach and screening via mobile mammography coach (Swedish Comprehensive Breast Center). The trust of care built over this time period is evident by the number of returning women and the requests for additional clinics. Mobile Day Clinics are provided without charge to women and are accomplished by transporting medical and education staff, clinic supplies, exam equipment, and materials to rural sites. MDC female staff offer care in a respectful manner in a setting that is comfortable and private. Because FPCC is a Washington Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program (WBCHP) provider and enrolls eligible women seen at MDCs, it provides health care and early detection screening to uninsured, low-income women who are unable to access care for a variety of reasons. The MDCs facilitate early detection of breast cancer by linking resources on-site.
For information about the Honoring Women's Health Project and/or the Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program, please contact Nancy Adams at (360) 452-2012.