Community Health Care and Education

Central to the safe provision of health care is quality education and support. Combining Care, Education and Outreach (CEO), KWA's Community Health Care and Education provides the following support services:

• Breast Cancer Navigator Program saving lives by increasing early detection of breast cancer.
  
• Tobacco Cessation Program support services to help you stop smoking.
  
• Chronic Disease Self Management Program helping people who suffer from chronic diseases move toward self sufficiency.
  

Saving lives one person at a time

Cancer survivor Jewel Curtis was 48, a single mother with no job and no medical insurance and was visiting her sister in Tacoma when she first discovered a lump in her breast. She came to the KWA Breast Cancer Navigator Program and met with Dr.Soon Ja Han. With Dr. Han’s help, Jewel was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer with chemotherapy and radiation. “Dr. Han made appointments for me and lead me to a path for treatment,” says Jewel. “When you’re vulnerable, you can hardly find the help you need. When there’s someone there to help you, it’s wonderful,” she adds.

One important thing Jewel learned from Dr. Han is that early cancer detection is key. “Early detection is the key. It’s really important. Detection and come in for treatment. I don’t think I’d be alive if I hadn’t come to KWA,” she says.