National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Awardee Highlight: Mississippi

The Mississippi Breast and Cervical Cancer Program strives for early detection of cancer in those women at highest risk.

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• Mississippi. Extending the reach of the Mississippi Breast & Cervical Cancer Program. Mississippi State Department of Health. National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. View of lake at dusk.
• Celebrating 30 Years National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. For more than 30 years, CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) has provided access to timely breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to women who have low incomes and are uninsured and underserved. Mississippi State Department of Health is one of 71 programs awarded.
• Krista Guynes, Director, Office of Women’s Health, Mississippi State Department of Health.
• Aerial view of rural Mississippi.
• Gerrie McElroy, Certified Nurse Midwife, Plan A Health, Inc.
• Aerial view of a road in rural Mississippi.
• Antoinette Roby, Community Health Coordinator, Plan A Health, Inc.
• View of automobile body shop.
• Antoinette Roby speaking.
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• View of “Family Health Care Clinic, Our Family Taking Care of Your Family, 800-508-7481” sign.
• Outside view of Louise Community Clinic.
• View of mobile clinic truck with a painting of healthcare providers and community members on the outside of it with text: “Mobile Clinic; Free Healthcare Services. planhealth.org. 662-314-8038.”
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• Healthcare provider and patient reviewing paperwork together.
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• Dr. Margaret Gray, President & CEO, Family Health Care Clinic, Inc.
• Gerrie McElroy walking into Louise Community Clinic
• Gerrie McElroy speaking.
• Antoinette Roby getting into the mobile clinic truck.
• Antoinette Roby driving the mobile clinic truck.
• View of mobile clinic truck driving down a rural road.
• Antoinette Roby speaking.
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• Healthcare provider walking into patient’s room and speaking with them while looking at laptop.
• Dr. Margaret Gray speaking.
• Dr. Margaret Gray speaking with a colleague in an office at Family Health Care Clinic, Inc.
• Dr. Margaret Gray speaking.
• Krista Guynes speaking with a colleague.
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• View of signs on the wall at Family Health Care Clinic.
• Dr. Margaret Gray having a conversation with two healthcare providers in the hallway at Family Health Care Clinic.
• Dr. Margaret Gray speaking.
• View of a patient’s legs and wrist with a cervical cancer awareness bracelet waiting in an exam room.
• Dr. Margaret Gray speaking.
• Antoinette Roby speaking.
• Antoinette Roby working at a laptop.
• Outside view of the door to the mobile clinic truck with text: “Free Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar Checks, Family Planning, HIV Testing, STD Testing.”
• Antoinette Roby speaking.
• Krista Guynes looking into the camera.
• Dr. Margaret Gray looking into the camera.
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• Gerrie McElroy looking into the camera.
• Antoinette Roby looking into the camera.
• Krista Guynes speaking.
• Special Thanks: Plan A Health, Inc.: Gerrie McElroy, Antoinette Roby; Family Health Care Clinic, Inc.: Dr. Margaret Gray; Mississippi State Department of Health: Krista K. Guynes; Community Health Center Association of Mississippi: Terrance Shirley, Mississippi Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. “National Association of Chronic Disease Directors” logo; “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” logo. The “Enhancing Cancer Program Grantee Capacity through Peer-to-Peer Learning” project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $600,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.