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Improving Health in the Mississippi Delta through Powerful Engagement

Description
Describes financial, educational, and healthcare challenges experienced by residents in the Mississippi Delta. Discusses the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation, a cancer awareness and prevention program working in rural, African American communities to create a network focused on education, outreach, and advocacy related to cancer.
Date
10/2017
Type
Document
Organization
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Tagged as
Black or African American · Cancer · Community engagement and volunteerism · Delta Region · Health disparities · Health screening · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Mississippi

Organizations (1)

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, view details