Sometimes it takes a while for women to be comfortable with the idea, but we keep taking the message out. Research has proven that education does impact on the utilization of mammography. Staff at Shore Regional Breast Center are learning that you can't expect to do education only once and get results. Fountain is in the community looking for opportunities to provide education over and over again. Fountain replies that these are places that African American women gather.
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My message is that if you can go through all that for your hair, you can take 10 minutes to get an annual mammogram. Fountain's efforts have been well received by area women. She finds people are calling her at home to discuss their fears and to get more information on the screenings. This is nothing new for Fountain who has lived and worked in St. Michaels most of her life, serving on the boards of local civic organizations, as well as chairman of her own church's outreach committee. She is using her contacts to be a presence in the African American community.