Region Hospital Corporations should promote breast screening services through regional and local initiatives directed at health professionals and the target women.
- Information on the service components, delivery system and monitoring and evaluation methods should be provided to health professionals through:
- continuing education sessions
- brochures, updates for physicians and other health professionals
- journal articles and newsletters
- Promotional material that provides a description of the service and encourages participation should be directed to women of the target group through:
- information and educational sessions offered to local women' s groups
- media notices
- educational materials available at all screening sites
- inclusion of the standard brochure with target women's letters of invitation
- making the standard brochures available in appropriate locations (e.g., doctors' offices, pharmacies)
- posters in appropriate locations (e.g., shopping centres, beauty salons)
- other local communication channels (e.g., Public Health Offices)
4. SERVICE COMPONENTS
- Mammography screening services shall consist of the following components:
- a pre-booking interview, usually by telephone, to determine eligibility and to provide general information (see Appendix B)
- completion of a registration or return visit update questionnaire (see Appendix C) and facility outpatient registration/admission form
- a two view mammogram: the mediolateral oblique and craniocaudal views shall be the routinely performed views for all mammographic screening examinations5,8
