Detection

Are you uninsured? Do you have health insurance with a high deductible or out of pocket costs?  You may be eligible for FREE cancer screenings.  The New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED) Program provides free cancer screening services for breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancers.

Program services are provided through 21 contracted lead agencies; each county in NJ has at least on lead agency.

Call today for more information and to enroll into the CEED program:

  • Atlantic County: 609-653-3484
  • Cape May County: 609-465-1047

For more information on where you can get free screening services in other counties, call 1-800-328-3838.

The services provided by NJCEED include:

  • Education
  • Outreach
  • Screening
  • Case Management
  • Tracking
  • Follow-up
  • Facilitation into Treatment

Persons eligible for these services must be at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level and be uninsured or under-insured.

News

The Flu Vaccine for People 65 Years & Older

Flu vaccination is especially important for people 65 years and older because they are at higher risk of developing serious flu complications.

Posted
12/1/24 10:08 AM

12 Tips for Holiday Eating

Holiday feasts and parties can tax the arteries and strain the waistline. By eating just 200 extra calories a day — a piece of pecan pie and a tumbler of eggnog here, a couple latkes and some butter cookies there — you could pack on two to three pounds over this five- to six-week period.

Posted
12/1/24 2:59 AM

Protecting Yourself This Respiratory Virus Season

Many respiratory viruses circulate in the fall and winter seasons causing illness of varying severity across the United States. Three common viruses include flu, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and COVID-19.

Posted
12/1/24 1:51 AM

A Bit About the Coalition

Cape Atlantic Coalition for Health is a regional chronic disease prevention coalition funded by the New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Cancer Control and Prevention. Our purpose is to reduce the state's cancer burden and improve health outcomes for people with, or at risk for, cancer and other chronic diseases in Atlantic and Cape may counties. For more information on comprehensive cancer control, visit www.njcancer.gov. Shore Medical Center is the lead agency for Atlantic and Cape May counties. The CACH is working on a variety of projects to improve our community's health. You can help by becoming involved by being a member or volunteer. Anyone interested should call 609-653-3923.

Cape Atlantic Coalition for Health

c/o Shore Medical Center, Cancer Center
100 Medical Center Way
Somers Point, NJ 08244
Phone: 609-653-3923