The Women's Wellness Center in Newark is offering the SAVE Program to deliver comprehensive breast and cervical cancer screenings for 700 women over age 40 who live in Essex County. Services include mammograms, Pap smears, breast self-exam teaching and women's health education. Follow-up is arranged for anyone who has a positive test finding. To be eligible, a woman must be at least 40 years old, reside in Essex County, meet income eligibility guidelines and have limited or no health insurance. House calls are made to single locations such as apartment buildings, churches or senior centers for groups of 12 or more women who qualify.
Portable mammography is available to provide service on site.
Participants will get free medication and medical visits. Those who complete the study will receive financial compensation. The Women's Health Initiative is conducting studies on strategies to prevent heart disease, breast and colon cancers, and osteoporosis. They are being conducted in Newark and New Brunswick. These diseases are the major causes of poor health and death in women.