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The promise of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. In fulfilling this promise, the Komen organization seeks to follow certain philosophies:
- To be a grassroots organization
- To be responsive to the needs of the communities we serve
- To be non-duplicative
- To be collaborative
- To be accountable to our donors
The Affiliate's community profile (also known as a community needs assessment) plays an integral part in applying these philosophies to the organization's presence and work in the Affiliate's service area.
Every other year, the Affiliate conducts a needs assessment within their 17 county service area called a community profile. The goal of the community profile is to gather information for the purpose of identifying gaps in services that must be reduced to improve breast health among members of the community and identifying the populations most in need of breast health services
The community profile provides direction for the work of our Affiliate: it establishes the need for fundraising, a target for community education programs, priorities for funding grants and a guide for decision-making and strategic planning.
A community profile is a snapshot, or a picture, of the community, specifically looking at breast health and breast cancer. The profile includes:
- Demographics, such as population by age, race, ethnicity, education and income levels
- Breast cancer statistics, such as screening, incidence and mortality rates
- An assessment of current services for breast cancer screening and treatment in our service area
- A survey of the community's beliefs and attitudes about breast cancer through interviews with key informants
Click here to read or download our latest Community Profile
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