TY - JOUR
T1 - Cervical Cancer Screening
T2 - Exploring Appalachian Patients' Barriers to Follow-Up Care
AU - Ely, Gretchen E.
AU - White, Carol
AU - Jones, Kate
AU - Feltner, Frances
AU - Gomez, Maria
AU - Shelton, Brent
AU - Slone, Stacey
AU - Van Meter, Emily
AU - DeSimone, Christopher
AU - Schoenberg, Nancy
AU - Dignan, Mark
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Cancer Institute R01 CA120606.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - This article describes a community-based Patient Navigation (PN) project conducted to identify potential barriers to seeking follow-up cervical cancer care in southeastern Kentucky. Patient navigators (PNs) were placed in cervical cancer programs within county public health departments where they interviewed patients about their perceived barriers to seeking follow-up care after receiving a positive Pap test result. Participants identified various potential barriers at three levels: the individual/personal level, the health care system level and the community/environmental level. One identified barrier that was unique to this study was a lack of consistency between follow-up recommendations and follow-up guidelines for patients under age 21. Implications are discussed.
AB - This article describes a community-based Patient Navigation (PN) project conducted to identify potential barriers to seeking follow-up cervical cancer care in southeastern Kentucky. Patient navigators (PNs) were placed in cervical cancer programs within county public health departments where they interviewed patients about their perceived barriers to seeking follow-up care after receiving a positive Pap test result. Participants identified various potential barriers at three levels: the individual/personal level, the health care system level and the community/environmental level. One identified barrier that was unique to this study was a lack of consistency between follow-up recommendations and follow-up guidelines for patients under age 21. Implications are discussed.
KW - Appalachian patients
KW - cervical cancer
KW - follow-up care
KW - pap test
KW - patient navigators
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U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2013.827149
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2013.827149
M3 - Article
C2 - 24483330
AN - SCOPUS:84893513894
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 53
SP - 83
EP - 95
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 2
ER -
