Increasing Awareness of Uterine Cancer Risks and Symptoms by Using Campaign Materials from Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer

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• Alternative Title:
  J Cancer Educ
• Personal Author:
  Novinson, Daniel ; Puckett, Mary ; Townsend, Julie ; Tortolero-Luna, Guillermo ; Patterson, Jenny Rees ; Gelb, Cynthia A. ; Stewart, Sherri L.
• Description:
  Uterine cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the USA. To increase knowledge among women and healthcare providers about uterine cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) partnered with the Inside Knowledge: Get The Facts About Gynecologic Cancer campaign to present facilitated discussions about uterine cancer with women and providers. After standardized training, local NCCCP grantees developed and led community-based, tailored, facilitated discussions for public participants and providers. Pre- and post-session surveys were administered to assess knowledge of risk factors, symptoms, testing, and diagnostic options for uterine cancer. Following the facilitated sessions, significantly, more public respondents identified uterine cancer risk factors (e.g., advanced age, post-menopausal status). However, they also equally identified factors not associated with uterine cancer (e.g., smoking, HPV). Non-OB/GYN provider knowledge increased, significantly for some risks and symptoms, and their confidence with relaying uterine cancer information to patients significantly increased from 51.4 to 91.0% (P < 0.0001). Relatively low proportions of OB/GYNs (19.3%), other primary care providers (46.2%), and public participants (51.8%) knew post-session that genetic testing for Lynch syndrome can help stratify women for uterine cancer risk. Participant knowledge significantly increased for some risk factors and symptoms following Inside Knowledge educational sessions; however, some knowledge gaps remained. Overall, the Inside Knowledge materials are effective for increasing uterine cancer awareness among providers and women. Additional provider education could include specific resources related to uterine cancer genetic associations, as advancements in genetic testing for all uterine cancers are currently being made.
• Subjects:
  Aged Article Cancer Prevention Comprehensive Cancer Control Female Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Personnel Humans Middle Aged Pamphlets Patient Education As Topic Practice Patterns, Physicians' Surveys And Questionnaires United States Uterine Cancer Uterine Neoplasms

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• Source:
  J Cancer Educ. 34(6):1190-1197
• Pubmed ID:
  30229402
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6739182
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:9085ca8b2a836f1cb2112ecc9a5c3701a008acc87d8d8039daff141ae3e01e7e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83048/cdc_83048_DS1.pdf
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