Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) is committed to ensuring low-income women, who are uninsured or under-insured, receive access to breast and cervical cancer screening services.  The Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) provides screening services including breast exams, mammogram referrals, pelvic exams and Pap tests.  It also provides referrals for diagnostic services such as surgical consults and biopsies.  Through this program, women with abnormal screening results receive timely diagnostic and treatment follow-up. Those with diagnosed breast or cervical cancer are enrolled in Women’s Health Medicaid.  Last year, Cobb and Douglas Public Health diagnosed 34 women with breast cancer through the BCCP and Susan G. Komen programs.

To make an appointment by phone, call 770-514-2300.

Please Note: *If you arrive late for your appointment, you will need to reschedule for another time.

The Georgia Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP)

In 1990 support for legislation to help reduce avoidable mortality from breast and cervical cancers led to the Breast and Cervical Mortality Prevention Act.  This act established the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).  The purpose of this program is to increase access to and use of breast and cervical cancer screening services among low-income women who are uninsured or under-insured.

In 1994, Georgia became a participant of the NBCCEDP and initiated the BreasTEST and MORE (BTM) program.  Georgia currently receives enough funds from state and federal sources to provide approximately 16,000 women age 40 and older with breast and cervical cancer early detection services and 125,000 younger women with cervical cancer early detection services each year.  These combined state and federal resources make up the Georgia Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP).

Cobb & Douglas Public Health has been part of this program since its inception in 1994.