Fifty-five hospitals and mammography centers across the state are providing mammography screening and diagnostic services. A woman must be between the ages of 18 and 64 and not receiving family planning services to qualify for a Pap test. To qualify for a free screening mammogram, a woman must be between the ages of 50 and 64. Mammogram screening is also available to women between the ages of 40 and 49 who have an abnormal clinical breast exam, have a history of breast cancer or have a mother, daughter or sister that has pre-menopausal breast cancer. A woman need not be a resident of a county or the state to be eligible for a free screening in Tennessee.
Strategies focus on community interventions, health communications, and health care systems changes.
A significant accomplishment of the Council was the development of a diabetes patient medical form, which is being used by physicians throughout Tennessee to promote quality diabetes management. The Epilepsy Program assists persons suffering from epilepsy and other seizure disorders by providing financial support to the four Epilepsy Foundations in the state for educational and counseling activities. These activities are designed to educate persons with epilepsy and their families, professional and paraprofessional groups and the general public concerning the physical, psychosocial and vocational needs of the patient with a seizure disorder. The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health was created in order to address the health and fitness needs of all Tennesseans and to promote healthy lifestyles for the state's citizens. The Council is also charged by the Governor to serve as a clearinghouse for information on health and physical fitness programs and make recommendations for such legislation as may be necessary and appropriate to further the their goals.