Local Health Departments Implement A Theory-Based Model To Increase Breast And Cervical Cancer Screening

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Suarez, L ; Nichols, D C ; Pulley, L ; Brady, C A ; McAlister, A
• Description:
  Su Vida, Su Salud/Your Life, Your Health is a community program to increase participation in breast and cervical cancer screening. This program illustrates the diffusion of an innovative outreach strategy from a research environment to two local health departments. The program uses A Su Salud, the communication model in which positive role models are featured in the media, and community volunteers who give positive social reinforcement. Local health departments in Galveston and Corpus Christi, TX, were selected to implement the model because of excessive mortality rates in the region and the departments' adequate level of resources and commitment. Over an 18-month period, 54 stories of role models appeared in the media in Corpus Christi, and 60 appeared in Galveston. There were 490 volunteers active in Corpus Christi and 279 in Galveston. Of 365 inquiries to the Corpus Christi program, 35 percent were from the Mexican American target group of women ages 40-70. Of 1,457 women who contacted the Galveston program, 9 percent were from the African American target group ages 40-70. Local health departments are well-suited to participation in cancer control research applications because they have direct access to high-risk populations and have the authority to institutionalize effective interventions.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Breast Neoplasms Community Health Services Female Focus Groups Humans Mammography Mass Media Mass Screening Middle Aged Models, Theoretical Public Health Administration Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Vaginal Smears

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 108(4):477-482
• Pubmed ID:
  8341783
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CA 46587/CA/NCI NIH HHS/U.S.
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  108
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
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  urn:sha256:55dada5bbacea1f868094e1a73b22c5982ca8d32f7e6e8471cce98d8f31f200f
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