Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico.

ABSTRACT: We conducted a pilot test of a patient navigation intervention (Una Mano Amiga) to address cancer health disparities in three rural counties in southwest New Mexico. We trained two bilingual lay health workers (promotoras) as patient navigators (PNs) to help adult cancer patients and their participating families in Grant, Luna, and Hidalgo counties "navigate" the health care system, including appropriate access to social and financial services. Our hypothesized outcome was a reduction in time from diagnosis to treatment initiation compared to the average time without PNs in each of the three counties (2000-2009). We enrolled 85 eligible patients and 43 eligible family members who had completed psychosocial and demographic forms in this PN intervention. Mean time from cancer diagnosis to tr

SUBMITTER: Vilchis H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871533 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature