NCCC California (San Diego) Chapter
About Jeremy Navarro
Currently an intern for The Filipino Press and a graduate student of California State University San Marcos’s Master of Public Health program, Jeremy is developing a thesis centered around cervical cancer. Over time he has developed an interest in studying the barriers for this preventable disease, which mostly impacts developing countries, and immigrant minority populations in the US, including Filipinos.
Through attending local community events and connecting with community clinics in their area, Jeremy and his mother Blanca plan to encourage more support for cervical cancer and spread their message more for Filipino American communities in the San Diego area, while also hoping for improved understanding across multiple cultures and other groups of people as well. In association with The Filipino Press, Jeremy will make great use of being educated in public health to provide better information about cervical cancer through the paper, so that more residents in Filipino American communities and other minorities will have a better understanding and be encouraged to contribute and be part of the growing development against cervical cancer.
About Blanca Navarro
Blanca has been practicing as a family nurse practitioner for fourteen years and is currently a primary care provider at University of California San Diego Health. Prior to this, she practiced at Naval Medical Health Center, Operation Samahan community clinic, and in a private women’s health clinic. Throughout her practice, she noticed that most of the population that lack cervical cancer awareness are immigrants from developing countries, and this motivated her to break sociocultural barriers and the lack of cervical cancer awareness among these population, through integrating in her practice a culturally appropriate educational intervention regarding cervical prevention and screening. By a being a co-leader for the San Diego chapter, Blanca will ensure this platform will be attainable towards its goals and the eradication of cervical cancer.
Our Objective
To reduce barrier effects and disparities through cervical cancer screening in minorities among local communities, through conducting educational intervention and promotion, decreasing the knowledge gap and increasing screening and vaccination compliance.
