A List of Terms

North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (NC-BCCCP)
This program provides selected screening and follow-up examinations for breast and cervical cancer to older, low-income women through local health departments in all 100 counties in the state. The goal of the program is to reduce the incidence and mortality of these chronic diseases in North Carolina. In addition to screening and follow-up, the BCCCP has specific components which promote outreach, professional education, quality assurance and surveillance activities pertaining to breast and cervical cancer.

North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program (NC-BCSP)
A consortium of state and eastern North Carolina health agencies, based at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill. The project's overall mission has been to reduce breast cancer mortality among older black women in five eastern North Carolina counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington.

Lay Health Advisor (LHA)
Lay health advisors are "natural helpers", respected community women to whom others regularly turn for advice and assistance. They have proved themselves to be an effective way to link hard-to-reach populations with preventive health services offered by traditional medical and health care systems.

Community Outreach Specialist (COS)
These women normally serve in full-time paid positions to coordinate lay health advisor initiatives in Eastern NC, and strengthen the links between health agencies and local African American communities.

Save Our Sisters (S.O.S.)
The lay health advisors of Eastern NC use this slogan as a name for there initiative.

National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)
Administered by CDC, NBCCEDP provides screening services to women who are uninsured, underinsured, or do not otherwise have the financial resources to seek screening services. More than two million screenings have been provided to women since the inception of the program nearly 10 years ago. CDC supports screening activities in all 50 states, in 5 U.S. territories, in the District of Columbia and through 15 American Indian/Alaska Native organizations.