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Breast Cancer in Miami
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Breast Cancer in Miami

Introduction

The existence of breast cancer in the city is a critical issue of concern that needs to be positively addressed in relation to the situation. Breast cancer continues to affect most women in the city making it a critical issue of concern that needs to be positively addressed in relation to the harm that it creates. Despite the existence of health awareness and creation of high hospitals, the need to address the case is of importance, as the health department needs to ensure that the numbers are reduced. A look at the death rate that the ailment creates within the city is a critical point of concern that needs to be addressed.

Community Description

Miami is a city that is based in Florida. The ZIP code of 33010 explains the area in a broader perspective. The city boosts of a population of 454,279 people as per the information of 2019. 45.3% of the people are of hispanic origin, 32.9 are Caucasians while 22.7% are blacks (Rodriguez et al., 2020). Apparently, 51.4% of the people are women while the remaining percentage are men. The population dynamics of the country explains that it of a multicultural setting. The minimum wage of the country is at $8.56 which is a significant number that needs to be positively addressed. The city is located along the coastline of Florida state. The metropolitan covers a region of 145.23km. The city has organized health care systems with a total of 14 high-end hospital facilities and there are a total of 467 schools in the city.

Analysis of the Community

The data indicates that breast cancer continues to pose a threat to the well-being of women in the city. A look at the death rates per 100,000 was at 17.2%. This indicates that breast cancer is a killer to the populous of women in the city. The statistics explains that the numbers seem to increase on an annual basis. From the period of 2017 to 2019, the numbers continue to increase indicating that it is a major health concern that needs to be addressed (Tongson et al., 2017). The numbers indicate that the prevalence of the ailment continues to increase on a regular basis. The numbers explains that the cases continue to increase despite of the measures that have been put in place to address the cases of breast cancer within the country.
Based on the prevalence of the matter, it is important to ensure that the issue is positively addressed and reflected upon. Today, society needs to be aware about the problem. It is important that the matter is addressed based on the dangers and risk factors that leads to the creation of the situation. Community awareness programs need to be introduced to ensure that the society is ware (Rodriguez et al., 2020). The risk factors needs to be positively explained and reflected upon. The key strengths that the city has is the existence of cancer screening facilities that are free. This enables more women to be aware of their situation more. The existence of affordable health services is a practice that facilitates the easy delivery of cancer treatment despite of the costs associated with it.
The Sylvester comprehensive cancer center is an important institution that is focused towards the presentation of better breast cancer services to the women in the region. The health program focuses on establishing cancer awareness campaigns that is focused on informing the women about the existence of the ailment. The establishment of cancer screening centers is a practice that the program focuses on. It is focused on ensuring that cases of breast cancer are reduced by identifying them early or focusing on avoiding the risk factors (Tongson et al., 2017). Teaching the community on the importance of lifestyle is a key practice that is reflected up. The focus is the presentation of ideals that is focused on giving out positive feedbacks that is important to understand.
The prevalence of breast cancer in the community is the critical point of concern that is perfectly explained. I know understand the risks that come in place when breast cancer awareness is limited. The measures to be taken in dealing with the problem is the other critical issue that would be positively addressed and reflected upon based on the situation that surrounds the practice (Rodriguez et al., 2020). In future, I would focus on the presentation of positive ideals that are focused in creating more awareness. The measure is effective as it would present long term health measures that would fight breast cancer and completely eliminate it by 2030. It is a positive measure that is focused on reflecting on positive ideas that involves the health of the society at large.
References

http://www.miamidadematters.org/indicators/index/view?indicatorId=94&localeId=10448

Rodriguez, N. M., Casanova, F., Pages, G., Claure, L., Pedreira, M., Touchton, M., & Knaul, F. (2020). Community-based participatory design of a community health worker breast cancer training intervention for south florida latinx farmworkers. PLoS One, 15(10)
Tongson, K., Konovalova, V., Dhawan, N., Sharma, S., Bahl, J., & Masri, M. (2017). Breast cancer suspicion in a transgender male-to-female patient on hormone replacement therapy presenting with right breast mass: Breast cancer risk assessment and presentation of a rare lesion. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2017 

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