1 00:00:03,044 --> 00:00:04,462 This has a little tube for you 2 00:00:04,462 --> 00:00:06,047 to collect your stool sample with. 3 00:00:09,884 --> 00:00:13,054 As a patient navigator within Eastern Iowa Health Center, 4 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:14,889 I work to help bring awareness 5 00:00:14,889 --> 00:00:16,599 about colorectal cancer, 6 00:00:16,599 --> 00:00:19,519 and the importance of screening throughout our community. 7 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:20,770 We're asking patients 8 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:23,148 to bring something into the office 9 00:00:23,148 --> 00:00:24,774 that just kind of seems 10 00:00:24,774 --> 00:00:26,443 "I don't know if I really want to do that" 11 00:00:26,443 --> 00:00:28,319 or take the time off of work. 12 00:00:28,319 --> 00:00:31,239 Sometimes our patients can't actually get to the 13 00:00:31,239 --> 00:00:34,034 bus stop due to mobility reasons. 14 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:35,785 They don't always understand the 15 00:00:35,785 --> 00:00:38,496 routes due to literacy reasons. 16 00:00:38,496 --> 00:00:39,914 Sometimes the cost is something 17 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:42,667 that not every patient can always afford. 18 00:00:42,667 --> 00:00:46,212 So NTS stands for Neighborhood Transportation Service. 19 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:48,631 NTS began as a program 20 00:00:48,631 --> 00:00:49,716 that was designed to help 21 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:51,634 people access transportation. 22 00:00:51,634 --> 00:00:53,219 That program has expanded from 23 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:55,597 what was in one small community 24 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:57,974 with one van to a fleet of vehicles 25 00:00:57,974 --> 00:00:59,517 servicing the entire metro area, 26 00:00:59,517 --> 00:01:00,852 here in Cedar Rapids. 27 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:07,942 Horizons and NTS has provided 28 00:01:07,942 --> 00:01:08,985 Eastern Iowa Health Center with 29 00:01:08,985 --> 00:01:10,528 free transportation services to our 30 00:01:10,528 --> 00:01:12,947 current immigrant and refugee populations. 31 00:01:12,947 --> 00:01:14,783 We're making every effort to provide assistance to remove barriers 32 00:01:14,783 --> 00:01:16,785 assistance to remove barriers, 33 00:01:16,785 --> 00:01:19,204 if that's a cultural barrier, a sensitivity barrier 34 00:01:19,204 --> 00:01:20,830 that we may not be familiar with. 35 00:01:20,830 --> 00:01:23,083 So in terms of the Afghani refugees, 36 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:24,918 we've been working to accommodate 37 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:27,337 the need for a chaperon for 38 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:28,755 women who are riding, 39 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:31,257 or the need for female drivers. 40 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:33,843 One of the areas that we're still hoping to get 41 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:37,514 improved services for is our unhoused population. 42 00:01:37,514 --> 00:01:39,557 Currently, that population doesn't 43 00:01:39,557 --> 00:01:41,684 always have that great family support 44 00:01:41,684 --> 00:01:43,686 to follow up with the procedures. 45 00:01:43,686 --> 00:01:45,855 So we have been trying to discuss 46 00:01:45,855 --> 00:01:46,856 and come up with various 47 00:01:46,856 --> 00:01:49,859 different ways to help overcome that barrier. 48 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:53,863 Our partnership with the CDC has been phenomenal. 49 00:01:53,863 --> 00:01:55,990 The CDC has been really helpful 50 00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:59,285 in providing pre-cancer screenings for colorectal cancer. 51 00:01:59,285 --> 00:02:02,247 The way that is working is really kind of amazing. 52 00:02:02,247 --> 00:02:03,706 The CDC has provided money 53 00:02:03,706 --> 00:02:05,667 to Iowa Department of Public Health, 54 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:06,960 and from there, it's come to 55 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:07,919 Eastern Iowa Health Center. 56 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:10,213 Removing barriers to improve 57 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,465 health equity is incredibly important 58 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:14,676 because it's important for a community.