Sista Strut Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Join DePaul Community Health Centers for a Breast Cancer Survivors Walk & Celebration at “Sista Strut Breast Cancer Awareness Event” in celebration of Lift Up Louisiana Month!

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The mission of Sista Strut is to heighten awareness surrounding the issue of breast cancer in women of color, as well as educate and provide information on community resources. Sista Strut recognizes the strength of survivors, their family and friends, heightens awareness, promotes early detection and the search for a cure.

• African American women are more likely than white women to be diagnosed with breast cancer before age 40 and are more likely to be diagnosed with larger tumors.
• African American women in the US have a 41% higher death rate from breast cancer than white women.
• Awareness of these issues will help survival rates with earlier diagnoses.

Sista Strut 2024 Registration Information and Pricing:

• Individual Registration – Includes a 2024 Commemorative Sista Strut T-Shirt
  • $20 February 5 through February 29th
  • $25 March 1st through March 17th
  • $30 March 18th through Race Morning
• Team Member Registration – Includes a 2024 Commemorative Sista Strut T-Shirt AND Back Pack
  • $25 February 5 through February 29th
  • $30 March 1st through March 17th
  • $35 March 18th through Race Morning

*A team can consists of 2+ people (no minimum or maximum). Each participating member of a Team must sign up as a Team member in order to receive a Sista Strut T-shirt and back pack.

*$3 additional charge for XXL & XXXL shirts.

*Individual participants can choose to add a back pack to their order for $5.

*Registrants through March 17th can choose In Person FREE Packet Pickup (information below) OR they can select to have their items direct shipped to them for an additional fee.

About Lift Up Louisiana Month:

Last year, 45%-50% percent of Louisiana adults were considered overweight or obese. This ranks Louisiana as one of the unhealthiest states in the nation—a statistic that underscores many of our healthcare issues and negatively affects economic development. Now is the time to Lift Up Louisiana!

The state of Louisiana spends an estimated $2.4 billion annually for obesity-related expenditures (NCSL, 2022). Louisiana’s most prevalent chronic disease rankings: 42^nd when battling cardiovascular disease, 46^th nationally in percentage of adults with diabetes, and other chronic illnesses such as hypertension, stroke, and cancer are all derivatives of obesity.

Louisiana ranks 45^th in overall prevalence with 35%-44% of children considered overweight or obese. Additionally, 21.8% of youth ages 10 to 17 have obesity, giving Louisiana a ranking of 47 among the 50 states and D.C.

Individuals struggling with obesity, when compared to those at a healthy weight, are at increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions, including the following:

• All-causes of death (mortality)
• High blood pressure (Hypertension)
• High LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, or high levels of triglycerides (Dyslipidemia)
• Type 2 diabetes
• Coronary heart disease
• Stroke
• Gallbladder disease
• Osteoarthritis (a breakdown of cartilage and bone within a joint)
• Sleep apnea and breathing problems
• Some cancers (endometrial, breast, colon, kidney, gallbladder and liver)
• Low quality of life
• Mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety and other mental disorders
• Body pain and difficulty with physical functioning

During Lift Up Louisiana Month in April, BMHAP will once again join Louisiana Primary Association, Inc. in raising public awareness and empowering patients to make healthier choices and managing chronic illness.

Lift Up Louisiana Month is designed to be a month-long, high-visibility health promotion and disease prevention campaign. Conducted with and by community-based agencies and organizations, this celebration reaches into urban, suburban and rural areas of the state.

Lift Up Louisiana Month is designed to:

• promote healthy lifestyles,
• provide crucial information to allow individuals to practice disease prevention, and
• showcase the resources for and providers of grassroots health care and information.

To find out more about the Lift Up Louisiana Month activities and events, visit the Louisiana Primary Care Association’s Community Health Center Events page at: lpca.net/chc-events.