Alameda County Medical Center Continues Multi-Language Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening; Cambodian Clinic on January 24.News Editors/Health/Medical Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004 Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC ACMC Alameda County Medical Center ACMC Association of Canadian Medical Colleges ACMC Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre ACMC Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment ACMC Advanced Computational Modelling Centre ACMC Atlantic City Medical Center ) continues its multi-language cancer screening outreach program this Saturday, January 24, offering Pap smears Pap smear or Papanicolaou smear Sample of cells from the vagina and cervix of the uterus for laboratory staining and examination to detect genital herpes and early-stage cancer, especially of the cervix. Developed by the Greek-born U.S. and clinical breast exams for Cambodian speaking women. Specific language clinics are held monthly from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Highland Hospital's Saturday Screening Clinic. Written materials about cancer are provided in the target language, and trained medical interpreters are on site. Regular clinics for all nationalities are held on the first and third Saturdays at the same location from 8:00 to 2:30 p.m. On Saturdays when there is a special language clinic, general clinic hours are from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. The multi-language screening clinics began last August and continue through March 2004. Tigrigna (February 21) and Vietnamese (March 20) will be the next languages featured in the special clinics. Those interested in these clinics should call the Interpreter-Translation Services Office for an appointment at 510-437-4484. Regular twice-monthly screening clinics will continue after March with translators provided as available. The screening clinics are a component of the Pathfinders Program under the direction of Linda P. Engelstad, MD. Pathfinders works to improve outreach, screening, and follow-up for women at risk of breast and cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. . "In doing this work we discovered that we were treating relatively few non-English speaking women," said Dr. Engelstad. "Data told us that our screening rates for the limited English proficiency (LEP (Light Emitting Polymer) An organic polymer that glows (emits photons) when excited by electricity. LEP screens are used to make organic LED (OLED) displays and are expected to compete with LCD screens in the future. See OLED. ) population were way below state standards. So we began the multi-language program and it's been very successful. We're hoping to find funding to continue this work after March." The program currently receives support from the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. ACMC has long-standing commitments to culturally-appropriate health care and to cancer screening programs and treatment options that reach out to the medically underserved. ACMC also administers the Bay Area Breast and Cervical Health Collaborative, coordinating breast and cervical cancer outreach and screenings for six Bay Area counties under the auspices of the State's Cancer Detection Programs: Every Woman Counts. The Alameda County Medical Center includes Highland Hospital Highland Hospital may refer to: In the United States:
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