Addressing Barriers to Healthcare & Cancer Prevention Screenings for Adults with Developmental and/or Intellectual Disabilities

Rutgers Cancer Institute, ScreenNJ and the North Jersey Health Collaborative are excited to offer a free eight-part educational series on how to address barriers to health care and how to promote cancer prevention screenings among adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. 

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We are planning to establish a Black Health Disparities Working Group of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Community Cancer Action Board (CCAB). The overall purpose of this working group would be to encourage awareness about cancer outcomes and disparities affecting the black community by identifying and addressing the root cause of these disparities.

By Elizabeth Flatley and Carolyn Heckman, PhD