Organization: CANCER AWARENESS PREVALENCE
Mission: CAPPED IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CANCER PREVENTION AND EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE OF OTERO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.
Activities: CAPPED CONDUCTS CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS GIVEN TO CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CLUBS INCLUDING "VISION OF HEALTH- AND "EVERYTHING COUNTS" PRESENTATIONS, REACHING MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE. CAPPED ADDRESSES CROWDS AT EDUCATIONAL LUNCHEONS AND DINNER MEETINGS. CAPPED STRUMMINGS (MUSIC THERAPY) AND MEDITATION CLASSES HELP REDUCE CLIENTS' STRESS. CAPPED EDUCATES THROUGH HEALTH FAIRS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND PARKS. CAPPED SPOKE ON RADIO SHOWS AND PROVIDED DONATED MEDIA COMMERCIALS TO PROMOTE CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMS IN THE WALK-IN CANCER PREVENTION AND SUPPORT CENTER. VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WERE TRAINED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL CONSULTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED AND CONTINUING CANCER PATIENTS AND/OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED FOR RESEARCH IN THE COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER/LIBRARY. CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY SERVICES IN THE CAPPED CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING MUSIC AND ART THERAPY, MEDICAL CHAIR MASSAGE, REIKE, ZERO GRAVITY CHAIRS, IONIC FOOTBATHS, AND MORE.
CAPPED STAFF AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS MET THE CANCER INFORMATION AND SUPPORT NEEDS OF WALK IN CLIENTS AND ANSWERING CLIENT PHONE CALLS. FORMAL INTAKES WERE COMPLETED ON CLIENTS AND NEEDS SPCIFIC TO THOSE CLIENTS WERE ADDRESSED. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDED FINDING THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON CANCERS FROM THE MOST REPUTABLE SITES ON THE INTERNET, ADVOCACY AND NETWORKING TO MEET UNMET NEEDS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, BUILDING TOOLBOX OF COPING SKILLS, HELPING TO OBTAIN INSURANCE AND/OR HEALTH SERVICES, INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES, TEACHING METHODS TO HELP PREVENT CANCER RECURRENCE FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND TO PREVENT FIRST CANCERS FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, COUNSELING ON END OF LIFE ISSUES FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES AND GRIEF SUPPORT FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND.
NTEE category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines
Secondary category: Health Care