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Breast screening: Your early warning system
Published:
HPA, February 2007, on behalf of the Department of Health, Social
Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). This is a revised version
of Breast screening: Your
early warning system, March 2006. |
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. This reprint includes details about a Northern Ireland cancer screening website resource. |
Format:
1/3 A4, 6 pages, leaflet. |
Other
formats:
As
a PDF in English (201kb)
and PDFs of translations into four minority ethnic languages: Arabic (856kb), Cantonese (796kb), Irish (123kb)
and Urdu (512kb).
An audio tape of the leaflet is also available in English from
local screening centres. |
Target
group:
Women aged 50-64 years. |
Additional
information:
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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