CHD’s Community Health Ambassador promotes greater awareness in East Contra Costa County neighborhoods of how to reduce the cancer burden. Reducing the cancer burden is all about taking steps to make sure fewer people have to deal with this illness. Some of these steps involve new ways doctors and scientist have developed to prevent cancer and treating it early enough so that people stay healthy. We also teach people preventative things they can do to lower their chances of developing cancer.

In collaboration with the Lazarex Cancer Foundation, our Health Ambassador refers individuals and families to early detection and treatment options offered by the Cancer Wellness HUB located at John Muir Health, even if they may have limited or no access to health care.

By engaging the community in this way, East County residents will have access to the following kinds of information and resources:

• • Prevention & Education
  • Screening & Diagnosis
  • Clinical Trial Identification, Navigation, and Participation
  • Survivor and Caretaker Resources

The aim of CHD and its partners is to provide a support system by which people who are at-risk or already have cancer can get the information, treatment, and resources needed to help them feel better and possibly save their lives.