Community health worker intervention to decrease cervical cancer disparities in Hispanic women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

U.S. Hispanic women suffer a disproportionate burden of cervical cancer, with incidence and mortality rates almost twice that of whites. Community health workers, or promotoras, are considered a potential strategy for eliminating such racial and ethnic health disparities. The current study is a randomized trial of a promotora-led educational intervention focused on cervical cancer in a local Hispanic community.

Methods

Four promotoras led a series of two workshops with community members covering content related to cervical cancer. Sociodemographic characteristics, cervical cancer risk, previous screening history, cervical cancer knowledge, and self-efficacy were measured by a pre-intervention questionnaire. The post-intervention questionnaire measured the follow

SUBMITTER: O'Brien MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2947642 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature