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Funding Priorities

 2011 Komen Pittsburgh Working Priorities:

 

 Priority 1:  To increase screening mammography compliance (by end of 2013) and decrease stage at diagnosis (by 2020) in population dense counties or metro city areas (includes all three of our target communities):

  • the cities of Erie (Erie Co.), Meadville (Crawford Co.), Sharon/Farrell & Greenville (Mercer Co.), and New Castle (Lawrence Co.) in County Group 1; 
  • County Group 3 the whole counties of both Allegheny and Westmoreland, and the population dense towns along the Route 376 corridor Ambridge, Aliquippa,
  • Monaca, Beaver Rochester New Brighton, Beaver Falls and Big Beaver;
  • the city of Indiana (Indiana Co., CG 4);
  • the cities of Johnstown (Cambria Co.), Altoona, Duncansville and Holidaysburg (Blair Co.), State College and Bellefonte (Centre Co.), Huntingdon (Huntingdon Co.) and Lewistown (Mifflin CO.) of CG 5
  • the cities of Cannonsburg and Washington, Monessen and Charleroi (Washington Co.), the PA Turnpike/Routes 118 corridors with Brownsville, Uniontown and Connellsville (Fayette Co.), and the smaller towns of Somerset (Somerset Co.) and Bedford (Bedford CO.) of CG 6. 

  Priority 2:  To increase breast health and screening mammography knowledge with the goal of increasing screening mammography (by 2013) and decreasing stage at diagnosis (by 2020) in African American populations in the following counties (includes one of our target communities):

  • the cities of Erie (Erie Co., specifically zip code 16503) Corry (Erie Co., zip code 16407) and Farrell (Mercer Co., zip code 16121) in CG 1;
  • the Pittsburgh metropolitan area (CG 3);
  • the city of Johnstown (Cambria Co., zip code 15901) of CG 5.

Priority 3:  To improve and increase communication and interaction among health care providers, support service providers and patients/survivors.

 Priority 4:  To improve “survivor” knowledge and programs within the medical community and among survivors and to engage survivors in educational and support events.

 

 

 

 

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