SHARE SELF-HELP FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER INC

PATIENT EDUCATION & SUPPORT - SHARE PROVIDES A RANGE OF FREE SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST, OVARIAN, UTERINE, CERVICAL OR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER: 1) 250+ WEBINARS ON-DEMAND WHICH COVER IMPORTANT TOPICS FROM BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT OPTIONS TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO RELATIONSHIP ISSUES - LED BY LEADING ONCOLOGISTS AND EXPERTS. OVER 850,000 PEOPLE ACCESS SHARE'S WEBINARS EACH YEAR. 2) OVER 60 SUPPORT GROUPS TO ADDRESS SHARE'S DISEASE AREAS, WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONS INCLUDING STAGE OF DISEASE AND RACIAL IDENTITY. EACH IS LED BY SPECIALLY TRAINED FACILITATORS WHO OFTEN HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CANCER. 3) A TOLL-FREE HELPLINE, ANSWERED BY PEERS FAMILIAR WITH CHALLENGES, TO PROVIDE ONE-TO-ONE PERSONALIZED INFORMATION AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CHINESE. 4) BREAST CANCER AND METASTATIC BREAST CANCER PODCASTS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND ADDRESS PATIENT CONCERNS. IN 2024 SHARE LAUNCHED A PATIENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM TO HELP END HEALTH DISPARITIES BY ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO QUALITY CARE. WE WORK WITH PARTNERS AND INVITE PHYSICIANS TO REFER THEIR PATIENTS TO SHARE'S CERTIFIED PATIENT AND FINANCIAL NAVIGATORS, WHO PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SUPPORTIVE TOOLS AND SERVICES. SHARE'S PATIENT NAVIGATORS SERVED 150 PATIENTS IN ITS FIRST YEAR.

OUTREACH PROGRAM - A TEAM OF 20 AMBASSADORS WHO ARE BLACK, LATINA, OR CHINESE-SPEAKING BRING LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AND SCREENING OPTIONS FOR BREAST AND GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS TO UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE NEW YORK METRO AREA AT HEALTH FAIRS, CONSULATES, FOOD BANKS, PLACES OF WORSHIP AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. THE AMBASSADORS INTERACT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR AND DISTRIBUTE OVER 50,000 EDUCATIONAL BROCHURES EACH YEAR. "PINK AND TEAL" EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE ALSO PROVIDED BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY TO CORPORATE AUDIENCES AND CIVIC GROUPS.