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Strategies for Engaging Healthcare Providers in Breast Health for Women Aged 15-45

This summary outlines key activities and strategies from a conference call focusing on improving breast health education for high-risk women, particularly those aged 15-45 and young breast cancer survivors. The call highlighted successful initiatives funded in Michigan, Oregon, and Georgia, ongoing assessments, and the need for greater outreach to primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and insurance providers. Additional discussions included surveying healthcare providers to identify educational gaps, and potential collaboration with national partners and training programs to enhance awareness and support for this critical demographic.

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Strategies for Engaging Healthcare Providers in Breast Health for Women Aged 15-45

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  1. Provider Working group Summary

  2. Activity to date Conference call to : • Refine target – “patients” and “providers” • Assess work ongoing • Successful strategies • Potential adaptation • 3 funded programs – Michigan, Oregon, Georgia • Work at CDC – Trivers et al • Other activity

  3. Focus of Larger Committee • Women 15-45 • High risk women (strong family history or mutation +) • Young breast cancer survivors

  4. Health Care Providers • Primary care physicians (internal medicine, family medicine, ob/gyn, ) • NP / PAs • Naturopaths (in west- association AANP) • Insurance providers (based on 3 state projects) • Societies

  5. How To Reach Healthcare Providers • Organizational meetings • Licensing boards • Training programs (bright pink program; Dr. Raquel Arias) • Insurance providers • medical directors of health plans (EX. Michigan) • National partners – Aetna, United Health, Cigna • Newsletters • Email blasts • Conferences for providers

  6. Survey of Provider Education & Practice gaps • Need exists to survey HCP • Areas of interest to survey – general breast health for young women; risk assessment and genetic testing; needs of young breast cancer survivors. • Ways to survey: • Doc styles; insurers; licensing groups; professional societies • Potential use of CDC 5 state grantees

  7. Potential use of CDC 5 state grantees Work of grantees focuses on: • surveillance; • policy; • public and provider education around hereditary syndromes

  8. Education / Decision support tools • Environmental scan – what is available • Communication/ dissemination • Use of EMR

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