SAN FRANCISCO – West Bay Pilipino Multi Service, Inc. a non-profit center is the recipient of three grants from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness and the Hellman Family Foundation for the development of culturally appropriate and sustainable breast cancer support services. The first grant is for Filipina Breast Cancer Disparities; An ethnographic research into social support and social capital within the Filipino Community.
The
second grant is for Cancer Awareness Training - A study to assess a
current West Bay breast cancer program to identify pre - existing
channels for the provision of support within the community and to
develop culturally resonant breast cancer education. And the third,
is for a Comparative Study - How support group may be culturally
tailored to meet the needs of Filipina breast cancer survivors and
what other groups are doing that might improve or augment West Bay’s
current program.
Filipino
Ameri
can women suffer a disproportionate burden of cancer than women
of other Asian subgroups. The Filipino population in the US is large,
second among Asians only to the Chinese. Breast cancer among
Filipinas is a major cancer disparity. Despite this, resources for
and research for Filipinas with breast cancer are almost non
existent.
In
2004, West Bay Pilipino Multi Service, Inc joined with the UCSF
Comprehensive Cancer Center and the San Francisco General Breast
Care Program to start the first Filipina breast cancer support group
in San Francisco.
