Women's issues program (WIP)

The Women’s Issues Program strives to meet the health education needs of women and health care professionals throughout Nevada.

AHEC of Southern Nevada’s WIP focuses on:

• Outreach and education to Clark County’s underserved women on the life-saving benefits of breast cancer screening for early detection.
• Increasing leadership & advocacy skills to women who reside in rural/frontier Nevada.
• Provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CE) trainings to health care professionals with a focus in a women’s health.

2007 Women’s Issues Outreach Projects:

• Avon’s Women’s Breast Cancer Awareness Prevention Project
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Outreach Program
• Office of Women’s Health, Rural/Frontier Women’s Health Coordinating Center (RFCC) in Nevada
• Trust Fund for Public Health, BodyWorks Project
• Office of Women’s Health, Region IX, Obesity/Overweight Education and Prevention Initiative for Latinas

Please feel free to contact us for more information at 702-318-8452 or toll free at 1-877-318-AHEC (2432).