UNC Rex Mobile Mammography unit reducing barriers to care
PREMIUMS CLIMB AND SOME
COMPANIES SCALE BACK COVERAGE
IN HIGH-RISK AREAS. UNC REX
HEALTHCARE IS MAKING IT EASIER
FOR COMMUNITIES TO KEEP UP WITH
ANNUAL SCREENING SPY. NOW
BRINGING THE SERVICE DIRECTLY
TO THEM. WRAL'S HEALTH
REPORTER, GRACE TABLES, CHAIRS
THE EVENT IN LOUISBURG REDUCING
BARRIERS TO CARE.
>> IN RURAL AREAS, IMAGING
CENTERS CAN BE NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. AND WHEN IT
COMES TO CANCER, THAT LACK OF
ACCESS AND EARLY DETECTION CAN
LEAD TO LIFE-THREATENING
DIAGNOSES COVERED IN PAINT AND
HARD TO MISS THIS. UNC REX
MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT IS
WORKING TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO
CARE.
>> BY MEETING PATIENTS RIGHT
WHERE THEY ARE.
ON WEDNESDAY. THE UNIT OFFERED
SCREENING IMAGING FOR THE
LEWISBURG COMMUNITY IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALPHA
KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY IN SAINT
PAUL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
CLINICIANS SAY OUTREACH EFFORTS
LIKE THIS ALLOW THEM TO BETTER
REACH PATIENTS IN HARDER TO
REACH AREAS WHILE COMBATTING
MYTHS SURROUNDING MAMMOGRAMS.
OVER MY TIME, IT'S JUST THE
STIGMA OF LADIES NOT WANTING
TO GET A EXAMINATION DUE TO
FEARS DUE TO THE HORROR STORIES
THAT THEY HEAR AND WE WANT TO
EDUCATE THEM OR TO ADVOCATE
FOR THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO COME
OUT AND DO THEIR ANNUAL
SCREENING EXAMINATION.
MAMMOGRAPHY IS REMIND PEOPLE TO
TAKE EVEN THE SMALLEST CHANGES
SERIOUSLY AND ADDRESS THEM WITH
YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR,
CANCER SURVIVAL RATES ARE OVER
90% WHEN CAUGHT EARLY. THE UNC
REX MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT
TRAVELS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AND SERVES OVER 20 COUNTIES IN