Adaptation of a Cervical Cancer Education Program for African Americans in the Faith-Based Community, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Haynes, Venice ; Escoffery, Cam ; Wilkerson, Corinthia ; Bell, Rashida ; Flowers, Lisa
• Description:
  Background
  
  From 1999 through 2009, African American women in the United States had the second highest incidence rates of cervical cancer and were more likely to die from cervical cancer than women of other races. Con Amor Aprendemos (CAA) is an intervention created to educate the Latino community to reduce their risk for cervical cancer and diseases related to human papilloma virus (HPV). CAA was adapted to With Love We Learn (WLWL) to prevent cervical cancer and HPV in African American communities.
  
  Community Context
  
  Health ministries of 2 churches in the Atlanta area partnered with the Spirit Foundation Inc to adapt CAA to WLWL by tailoring the curriculum to the African American faith-based community.
  
  Methods
  
  The National Cancer Institute’s Research to Reality (R2R) mentorship program pair collaborated with program staff on an adaptation summary form, a tool to document and assist with adapting the program curriculum with fidelity. Trainers, faith leaders, and participants adapted the program in 4 phases: 1) review of the CAA curriculum, 2) a focus group discussion to determine changes for the WLWL curriculum, 3) train-the-trainer sessions on program delivery, and 4) a pilot intervention and follow-up focus group to evaluate the new curriculum.
  
  Outcomes
  
  The CAA/WLWL curriculum was adapted and piloted in a faith-based setting. Adaptations to the CAA program included pictures, games, statistics on cervical cancer, dialogues, and delivery of curriculum.
  
  Interpretation
  
  Community engagement in the adaptation of WLWL through various methods was critical to tailoring an evidence-based program to a new population and setting.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Black Or African American Christianity Faith-Based Organizations Female Focus Groups Health Education Humans Papillomaviridae Papillomavirus Infections Program Development Social Support Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 11.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130271
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  24762531
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4008947
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U58DP000984/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48DP001909/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Genre:
  Community Case Study
• Place as Subject:
  Atlanta, GA ; Georgia
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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