Women on the North Shore who don't speak English as a first language can take advantage of upcoming mobile mammography clinics, Dec. 16-18 at North Shore Neighbourhood House.
Medical interpreters will be available to provide interpretation services for women in Farsi, Korean and Chinese, according to a written statement.
The goal of the clinics is to ensure that language is not a barrier and local women fully understand the benefits of prevention and screening. Mammograms will be completed in private by a female technologist and will take approximately 15 minutes.
An information session, also with interpretation services, will be held a week prior to the clinic at the North Shore Multicultural Society office. Those in attendance will learn about breast cancer, the importance of cancer screening, and what happens before, during and after a mammogram.
The program is being presented by North Shore Neighbourhood House, Vancouver Coastal Health, the B.C. Cancer Agency and North Shore Multicultural Society.
Another mammography clinic, without translation services, will be offered Dec. 19-20, also at North Shore Neighbourhood House.
For more information or to register, phone 604-904-6469.
