Cancer Screening Needs Assessment For Immigrants in Lewiston and Auburn

About This Grant:

AKHSS will develop and conduct a needs assessment to better understand cancer screening rates for adults in the immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, and BIPOC communities. Cancer screenings to be included: breast, cervical, colorectal, lung. Data gathered from this needs assessment will inform future grant applications that address cancer screenings among the immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, and BIPOC communities in Maine.

To learn more about AK Health and Social services, visit: www.akhss.org

$15,000
2022
Screening

MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION GRANTS TO THIS ORGANIZATION:

Year Grant Title Category Amount Grant Recipient
2024 Evidence Based Intervention to Increase Cancer Screening Rates in Androscoggin County Screening $80,000 AK Health and Social Services
2022 Cancer Screening Needs Assessment For Immigrants in Lewiston and Auburn Screening $15,000 AK Health and Social Services

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