Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Independence Blue Cross (Independence) a me ka Colorectal Cancer Alliance (the Alliance) i kēia lā i kahi papahana screening a me ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa hou e pili ana i ke kaulike olakino, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hōʻemi nui ʻana o ka nui o ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa colorectal ma waena o Black Philadelphians mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka maʻi maʻi. He papahana hou ʻo Cycles of Impact e manaʻo ana e hoʻonui i ka ʻike a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa colorectal ma o nā ala hou e pili ana i ke komo ʻana o ke kaiāulu a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me ka mālama ʻana i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi.

"Ma Independence, ua hoʻolaʻa mākou i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama olakino no nā mea āpau, a hoʻomaka me ka ʻike ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻokoʻa e pili ana i ko mākou poʻe lālā a me nā kaiāulu," wahi a Gregory E. Deavens, Pelekikena Independence a Luna Nui. "Ua ʻike mākou ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele e ka maʻi maʻi colorectal a ua hōʻole kā lākou helu screening. Ma o kēia hui pū ʻana me ka Alliance ke hana nei mākou i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā helu screening a mālama i nā ola. "

He papahana hoʻokele ʻekolu makahiki ʻo Cycles of Impact e nānā i ka liʻiliʻi o 2,400 poʻe ma Philadelphia a pale i ka liʻiliʻi o 60 mau maʻi maʻi maʻi. Ke hoʻolilo nei ʻo Independence Blue Cross i $2.5 miliona i loko o kēia hana, e loiloi ana i nā memo maoli maoli a me nā ʻelele e hoʻoikaika i ka poʻe Philadelphia ʻeleʻele e kiʻi ʻia no ka maʻi maʻi colorectal.

E loiloi ʻia ka hopena a me ka maikaʻi o kēia papahana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui ʻana o Accelerate Health Equity i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Malaki e nā ʻōnaehana olakino, nā kula kula, ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Philadelphia a me Independence Blue Cross. Hoʻohana ʻo Accelerate Health Equity i nā papahana i manaʻo ʻia e like me Cycles of Impact e hoʻoponopono i ke kaulike olakino ma ke ana ʻana i ka holomua a me nā papahana scaling i kūpono.

"Ma ke ʻano he hui waiwai ʻole nui loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻopau i ka maʻi maʻi colorectal, ʻo ka Colorectal Cancer Alliance kahi kūlana kūʻokoʻa e alakaʻi a kūleʻa me kēia papahana wiwo ʻole," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Michael Sapienza. "I kā mākou moʻolelo 23 makahiki, ua hāʻawi mākou i ke kākoʻo hoʻokahi no ka ʻoi aku o ʻelua miliona mau maʻi a me nā kahu mālama e pili ana i kēia maʻi. Hāʻawi kā mākou papa kikohoʻe hou a me ka hoʻokele hoʻokele ola ma mua o 12,000 mau manaʻo hōʻike hōʻike pilikino i ka makahiki i hala wale nō e pili ana i nā ʻaoʻao pilikia o kēlā me kēia kanaka. Ua paʻa mākou e hoʻomau i ka wāwahi ʻana i nā pale i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hopena ma Philadelphia e alakaʻi ai i kahi ala scalable no nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o US.

ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Independence a me ka Alliance i kēia hui kūʻokoʻa he ʻōnaehana mālama olakino a me nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao e like me Jefferson Health, Penn Medicine, Temple University Health System, a me Spectrum Health's Federally Qualified Health Centers. Hoʻokomo pū nā hoa i nā luna i koho ʻia a ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 mau hui kaiaulu, e like me Philabundance, ka Archdiocese o Philadelphia Office of Black Catholics, a me Bebashi Transition to Hope.

No ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka wikiwiki o kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo Sapienza, "ʻO ka nānā ʻana ke ala helu ʻekahi e pale ai i ka maʻi maʻi colorectal. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole e nānā ʻia ka hapakolu o nā pākeke kūpono. ʻO ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka makahiki screening i 45 ʻo ia hoʻi he 20 miliona mau poʻe ʻAmelika e pono ai no nā hoʻokolohua hoʻopakele ola, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e pili ana i ka pilikia he mau koho.

E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Cycles of Impact i kēia kauwela, me nā hopena mua i manaʻo ʻia ma ka hopena o 2022. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili koʻikoʻi a me ka loiloi e hiki ai i ka Alliance ke kaʻana like i kāna mau ʻimi noiʻi me ke kahua e hoʻolalelale i ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa colorectal a puni ka ʻāina.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Cycles of Impact is a new program which aims to increase awareness and access to preventive colorectal cancer screening through innovative approaches to community engagement and outreach, personalized screening recommendations and treatment for those diagnosed with the disease.
The impact and effectiveness of this program will be assessed as part of the Accelerate Health Equity collaboration launched in March by area health systems, academic institutions, the City of Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross.
We are determined to continue to break down barriers to care and to demonstrate impact in Philadelphia that will lead to a scalable approach for other U.