Welcome to Women's Health

Women's Health provides a comprehensive program designed to meet the needs of Native American women of all ages.  Services include full physical examinations, family planning services, screening for breast and cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections, and screening for osteoporosis.

​The Women’s Health Program would like to announce our latest captivating video titled,
Breast Cancer Survivors:  New Life, New Wisdom

This video details the gripping struggle and the triumph of 4 Navajo Breast Cancer Survivors in the Winslow Service area.  They reveal how they and their families dealt with their diagnosis, and how they navigated their journey to wellness.  We applaud these women for their courage and
strength.
 
Native women often have a higher mortality due to a late diagnosis of breast cancer.  Screening for breast cancer can detect abnormalities at early stages when the treatment often has a higher success rate.
 
Need a mammogram?  Schedule an appointment today to get a referral.

Our Location

Located on the first floor of the historic WIHCC Building.  Enter the main entrance from the south of the building and you will find yourself next to the Women's Health office as you make a turn to your right.  It will be the first door to your right.  Come in and make an appointment for your health services.  Appointments can also be made through a provider at the Medical Office Building (MOB) or any of the field clinics for your convenience.

Clinic Information

Photo source: ihs.gov/womenshealth

Women's Health Exams are scheduled by appointment.

• Appointments can be made to be seen at a dedicated Women's Health Clinic or with any medical Provider at the new Medical Office Building in Winslow, and at the satellite clinics in Leupp or  Dilkon.  
• Exams can also be scheduled in the Mobile Medical Van at a convenient community location, if a medical provider is available.

On-Site Mammography Clinic are scheduled monthly, primarily through Assured Imaging, a mobile provider.

• Providing state of the art digital Diagnostic Mammograms, Screening Mammograms and Breast Ultrasounds.

Women's Health (WH) is under the Division of Nursing, and includes representatives from:

• The Winslow Indian Health Care Center:  Women's Health Coordinator & Women's Health Technician.

• Navajo Nation Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention Program:  Mammography Case Manager.

Follow up:

• Patients with abnormal pap smear and mammography results are tracked by Women's Health. 
• Those with abnormal results are scheduled for additional care in specialty clinics offered at WIHCC or at outside facilities. 
• Patients with abnormal mammograms or with a history of breast cancer are seen in the Abnormal Breast Clinic and managed by a WIHCC Surgeon.

Other Services Offered:
Those with high-risk abnormal pap smear are seen in Colposcopy Clinic or referred to a GYN Specialist, if indicated.

• Weight Management with a cognitive and behavioral approach.
• Annual Biggest Loser Progarm
• Multi community events to heighten awareness of self-care and primary preventions.

Gallery

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Did you know:
Found early enough, cervical cancer and breast cancer is nearly 100% treatable.  All women are at risk for breast cancer, and the risk goes up with age.  Mammograms can detect early changes in the breast, long before symptoms are noticed.  Get a mammogram and a women's health exam.  Its a picture and a practice that can save your life.

Mammograms are Important - Video is presented in Navajo language.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Activities 2015

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Staff

Liz Blackgoat , RN, Women's Health Coordinator 
Brittany Draper, CNA, Women's Health Support Assistant
Carey Nez, Mammography Assistant
Vacant, Mammography Case Manager, NN Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention Program

For further information you may call
Women's Health Coordinator at:

Liz Blackgoat, RN
Women’s Health Coordinator
Winslow Indian Health Care Center
500 N Indiana Ave
Winslow, AZ  86047
Phone:  928-289-6184
Fax:        928-289-8030