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Breast screening:
Your early warning system
Title:
Breast screening: Your early warning system. |
Published:
HPA, February 2003, on behalf of the Department of Health,
Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). |
Description:
This leaflet is used to support the Northern Ireland breast
screening programme. It is primarily used by local screening
centres and issued with a letter, inviting women in the target
group to attend for breast screening every three years. It
includes the importance of screening in detecting breast cancer,
what happens at a screening appointment, the issuing of the
results, and contact details for the four screening centres
throughout Northern Ireland.The leaflet is also available to
all women through GP surgeries and health promotion outlets
to remind them of the importance of breast screening and what
they can expect at a breast screening appointment. |
Format:
1/3 A4, 6 pages, leaflet. |
Other
formats:
As
a PDF in English (129kb)
and PDFs of translations into four minority ethnic languages:
Arabic (962kb), Cantonese (904kb), Irish (149kb) and Urdu (581kb).
An audio tape of the leaflet is also available in English from
local screening centres. |
Target
group:
Women aged 50-64 years. |
Available
from:
Local screening centres, GP surgeries and the Central
Health Promotion Resource Services in Health and Social Services
Board areas. |
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