Cancer Control in the Community - Cancer Today

Successful public health initiatives to prevent, detect and treat cancer require widespread community participation.
By Marci A. Landsmann

Tomeka Harps hadn’t seen a doctor in five years, despite a history of abnormal Pap tests that showed precancerous cells in her cervix. The mother of three didn’t have health insurance and found her medical appointments at the community health clinic to be inconvenient and impersonal.

“It was just a hassle and it took so much time,” says the 34-year-old Brandon, Mississippi, resident. “You never had one-on-one with the doctor in a personal way. They didn’t know me from the man in the moon, so I just stopped going.”

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