Use of process evaluation to guide health education in Forsyth County's project to prevent cervical cancer.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Dignan, M B ; Michielutte, R ; Sharp, P C ; Young, L D ; Daniels, L A
• Description:
  The Forsyth County, NC, Cervical Cancer Prevention Project is a 5-year public health education program designed to increase the proportion of black women in the county who are appropriately screened for cervical cancer. In this paper, the authors report on process evaluation--the procedures used to monitor the intervention and to insure that the target population was reached with a high quality, community-based health education program. A system that encompasses documentation of program activities, interviews with women in waiting rooms of primary care providers, semiannual interviews with a panel of approximately 100 women from the target population, and telephone followup with participants in direct education workshops was designed and implemented. Through October 1990, more than 2,100 interviews had been conducted. Data from these activities have facilitated continued development and refinement of educational materials, provided guidance for developing new strategies for reaching the target population, and provided continuous feedback to program managers to allow monitoring the impact of all program activities.
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Female Health Education Humans Mass Screening Outcome And Process Assessment (Health Care) Program Evaluation Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 106(1):73-77
• Pubmed ID:
  1899943
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  NCI-NO1-CN-65034/CN/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Volume:
  106
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:59ba97ddf9a01f7a8576564b3f4eeacedc3d52309b01a6e35dcc13a54cad0bf6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63567/cdc_63567_DS1.pdf
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