Mujer Sana, Familia Fuerte: The Effects of a Culturally-Relevant, Community-Based, Promotores Program to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening among Latinas

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• Alternative Title:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved
• Personal Author:
  McDonough, A. Manuela ; Vargas, Marcela ; Nguyen-Rodriguez, Selena ; Garcia, Melawhy ; Galvez, Gino ; Rios-Ellis, Britt
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Although cervical cancer can be prevented through screening and follow-up, Latinas’ rate of Pap tests remains low due to knowledge gaps and cultural and attitudinal factors.
  
  Methods
  
  This study used a single-group pre-/post-test design to evaluate the effectiveness of Mujer Sana, Familia Fuerte (Healthy Woman, Strong Family), an intervention intended to improve Latinas’ cervical cancer prevention knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy to obtain a Pap test, and intention to get tested. The intervention is delivered through a single session by promotores de salud, who use a culturally competent, linguistically appropriate toolkit. A total of 5,211 Latinas participated in the study.
  
  Results
  
  The evaluation indicated that participants had increases in knowledge, positive attitudes, self-efficacy, and intention to test.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Latinas have a low rate of cervical cancer screening but a high rate of cervical cancer, and Mujer Sana, Familia Fuerte shows promise as a public health practice for use with this population.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Early Detection Of Cancer Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Hispanic Or Latino Humans Mass Screening Middle Aged Papanicolaou Test Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Vaginal Smears Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved. 27(2):568-579.
• Pubmed ID:
  27180696
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5929987
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U58 DP002324/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7156d619e05e0a950a19fb7a411ca43b736d4402546e4d1cc042f7288a3ab157
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53775/cdc_53775_DS1.pdf
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