Provide an example of cooperation in the workplace

In 1992, I set out with several researchers from the University of North Carolina and from East Carolina University to accomplish a challenging goal: to rigorously evaluate a theory-based community intervention designed to improve breast cancer screening rates and change community norms surrounding breast cancer. Ultimately, we wanted to improve the health of African American women in eastern North Carolina. Ten years later, this goal is only one of the many accomplishments of the North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program, which has grown to be much more than a research project.

NC-BCSP originated as a partnership between the communities of eastern North Carolina and the University. Blending the existing strengths of the community with the expertise of University researchers, together we created a lay health advisor program to break the silence around breast cancer. Volunteer lay health advisors, who generously gave their time and energy to help others, provided the