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Causes: Cancer, Community Mental Health Centers, Mental Health
Mission: The mission of Nueva Vida is to inform, support and empower Latinas whose lives are affected by cancer, and to advocate for and facilitate the timely access to state of the art cancer care, including screening, diagnosis, treatment and care for all Latinas.
Programs: Our survivorship support program offers comprehensive, caring and culturally appropriate mental health support services to Latinas with breast and cervical cancer. Our services address critical needs of women who face their illness far from family and friends, in a foreign environment, often in poverty. The Access program improves the health outcomes of medically underserved Latinas with breast cancer by facilitating the timely access to breast cancer detection, treatment, information, support services and care. Access to health care is obtained through the efforts of a culturally competent patient navigator program. Information is disseminated through a specialized bilingual Patient Resource Center with up-to-date information on breast health and breast cancer care. Nueva Vida is also involved in research through partnerships with health-research institutions.
Nueva Vida works for the well-being of Latinas who lack the resources to have a mammography and/or a GYN exam and to fight cancer. From cancer prevention to support women on their long path battling this disease, Nueva Vida is always there for them.
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