Addressing multilevel barriers to cervical cancer screening in Korean American women: A randomized trial of a community-based intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Korean American women have among the lowest rates of cervical cancer screening in the United States. The authors evaluated a multicomponent intervention combining community education with navigation services to reduce access barriers and increase screening rates in this underserved population. It was hypothesized that cervical cancer screening rates would be higher among women who received the intervention program compared with those in the control program.

Methods

Korean American women (N = 705) were recruited from 22 churches. In this matched-pair, group-randomized design, 347 women received the intervention, which consisted of a culturally relevant cancer education program combined with provision of navigation services. The control group (N = 358) received gene

SUBMITTER: Fang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5339039 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature