Mobile Web App Intervention to Promote Breast Cancer Screening Among American Indian Women in the Northern Plains: Feasibility and Efficacy Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of death for American Indian women. American Indian women have lower rates of breast cancer screening than other racial groups, and disparities in breast cancer mortality and survival rates persist among them. To address this critical need, a culturally appropriate, accessible, and personalized intervention is necessary to promote breast cancer screening among American Indian women. This study used mobile health principles to develop a mobile web app-based mammogram intervention (wMammogram) for American Indian women in a remote, rural community in the Northern Plains.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the wMammogram intervention, which was

SUBMITTER: Roh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature