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Welcome to the

Southeast Alabama Sickle Cell Association, Inc.

SEASCA

4201 Martin Luther King Highway - Tuskegee, AL  36083

(334) 727-6120 - (334) 727-9390 (FAX)

Rosa T. Storrs, Executive Director


 

About SEASCA . . .

The Southeast Alabama Sickle Cell Association, Inc., (SEASCA) is a non-profit organization supported by state funds and private donations.  SEASCA was established in 1974 and incorporated June 18, 1975, in Lee County, Alabama.  The corporation was established to provide services related to sickle cell disease in the southeastern section of Alabama.  The agency's "Articles of Incorporation" and by-laws provide for the management of its affairs by a Board of Directors.  The organization currently provides sickle cell testing, counseling and numerous other services to a 15-county area.

 

SEASCA's Services

These programs aim to detect sickle cell trait in people during the reproductive years

These services are offered extensively to provide information regarding genetic inheritance of sickle cell hemoglobin and other variants

Psychosocial counseling and related services are integral parts of the SEASCA program, and staffers have taken these sessions to various locations throughout the 15-county service area

To provide an opportunity for increasing self-esteem and career advancement.  Services are available on an individual or group basis

SEASCA provides professional support and assistance to the UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology by sponsoring children with sickle cell disease  (ages infants to 18); SEASCA also enjoys a collaborative effort with the Regional Clinic servicing the twin cities of Auburn and Opelika, as well as Lee County

      Public Education:  To provide accurate and timely information about sickle cell disease and related hemoglobin abnormalities

     Health Fairs: SEASCA participates in numerous health fairs sponsored by health-related and other agencies

 

About Sickle Cell Disease

A person with sickle cell disease has sickle cells in his blood stream and has a disease.

A person with sickle cell trait does not have a disease.

Individuals with sickle cell disease can live satisfying lives.

1 of 12 African Americans has sickle cell trait.

1 of 600 African Americans has sickle cell anemia.

If both parents have sickle cell trait, each time a child is born there is a 25% chance that the child will have sickle cell disease.

You do not get sick from having sickle cell trait.  You will not know whether you have it unless you take a special blood test.

 

COUNTIES SERVED

Barbour

Bullock

Chambers

Coffee

Covington

Crenshaw

Dale

Geneva

Henry

Houston

Lee

Macon

Pike

Russell

Tallapoosa

All services are provided free of charge. For additional information about SEASCA's numerous offerings, contact our additional website at www.alapubhealth.org/aphca/seasca.htm/

 

 

SEASCA's Board of Directors

 

 

Mr. Willie Strain, President

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Ret.)

Mr. James L. McGhee, Vice President

Alabama Cooperative System (Ret.)

Ms. Barbara Pitts, Secretary

Head Start/Lee County

Mrs. Wilhelmina Jones, Treasurer

Veterans Administration Medical Center (Ret.)

The Honorable Johnny Ford

State Representative

The Honorable Pete Turnham

State Representative (Ret.)

Dr. Earl Dixon

Professor, Tuskegee University

Mr. George Tabb

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Mrs. Rosa T. Storrs, Executive Director

SEASCA, Inc.

 

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