A new initiative has been launched in Canberra to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to get screened for breast cancer by providing cultural screening shawls.
Kamilaroi woman and manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Service at the Canberra Hospital, Joyce Graham, launched the program.
She has collaborated with Wiradjuri artist Kirstie Peters, Breast Screen ACT and the Canberra Hospital Foundation to roll out the shawls across the ACT.