Mom advocating for herself for a breast cancer diagnosis shows that more education and representation need to be done in marginalized communities when it comes to breast cancer awareness and research.
Nadine McKenzie, a 39-year-old single mother of two young daughters, says she had to advocate for herself and do a lot of her own research to get a breast cancer diagnosis.But when the pain persisted, she decided to get it checked out. She knew it wouldn't be an easy process, because like many Ontarians, she's on a wait list for a family doctor.
Ontario nursing, physician colleges present plans to speed up registration for internationally trained workers "A lot of people are using walk-in clinics more," she said, citing a shortage of family doctors in the province and also noting studies that show Black Canadians are more likely to rely on walk-ins as their primary source of physicians.
Omole agrees more needs to be done to ensure there is more education and representation in marginalized communities when it comes to breast cancer awareness and research. While this wasn't the specific case for McKenzie, Omole says it is one of many reasons why there is an urgent need to increase the number of family doctors and also ensure there are more resources and information available to racialized communities.
McKenzie wonders if she had a family doctor and was more aware of the importance of breast exams, whether her cancer would have been caught sooner.
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