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- I'll never forget the date.

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March the 13th, 2020.

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That was the day I was
diagnosed with rectal cancer,

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colorectal cancer.

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(pensive music)

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My name's Joyce Calamese,

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and I am originally
from Springfield, Ohio.

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I've been in Columbus for over 30 years.

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I'm 67, I'm a mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother.

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- A certified community health worker

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connects the disconnected.

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- You're supposed to do that
first colonoscopy around 50.

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I didn't do my colonoscopy.

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I think I was 62 years old.

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Once I was diagnosed,

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I realized I need to get my team together.

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- So, we're in place to be a support base

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for the medical system,
for social workers,

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for other programs,

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to make sure that the people
that need extra support,

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that we're there to
give them extra support.

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- If we only address the medical needs,

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that's about 20% of what a person needs.

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The other 80% is everything else;

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housing, food, childcare, transportation,

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and those are the things
that are important

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to help to keep people healthy.

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- [Joyce Voiceover] The
community health worker

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could help me with some things

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that my family couldn't help me with.

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- [Delores Voiceover] And so,
the journey of helping her

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through has been emotional
support, doctor's visits,

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advice when she needed advice,

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and making sure that she makes
her doctor's appointment.

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- What do I think of Delores?

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Oh, I love Delores.

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Yeah, I love Delores.

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She's a good person

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and I think she has a sincere

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want to be in the community.

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- I believe the university
and the College of Nursing

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saw that this was a gap in
the care of our patients

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and decided to, you know,
do a community-based program

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where we're bringing in community members

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to learn these skills
so that they can go out

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and help their communities.