TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing mammography screening among African American women in rural areas
AU - Powell, Mary Edith
AU - Carter, Vivian
AU - Bonsi, Eunice
AU - Johnson, Gwedolyn
AU - Williams, Licia
AU - Taylor-Smith, Lucile
AU - Hull, Pamela C.
AU - Cain, Van A.
AU - Husaini, Baqar A.
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a church-based breast cancer screening education program on mammography attainment by African American women 40 years old and older in rural Alabama. The sample consisted of 192 women who volunteered to participate in the study through 13 African American churches in a rural, economically-depressed Alabama county. The design was quasi-experimental and had some features of community-based participatory research. Churches were randomly assigned to three groups (full program, partial program and control). The full program (group educational session plus an in-home visit from a Home Health Educator) positively affected mammography attainment (38% increase from baseline to Time 2). In addition, barriers to mammography attainment were reduced for women who had not obtained a mammogram by follow-up. Community-based participatory projects in collaboration with churches and cooperative extension programs have the potential to reduce racial disparities in breast cancer in rural areas.
AB - The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a church-based breast cancer screening education program on mammography attainment by African American women 40 years old and older in rural Alabama. The sample consisted of 192 women who volunteered to participate in the study through 13 African American churches in a rural, economically-depressed Alabama county. The design was quasi-experimental and had some features of community-based participatory research. Churches were randomly assigned to three groups (full program, partial program and control). The full program (group educational session plus an in-home visit from a Home Health Educator) positively affected mammography attainment (38% increase from baseline to Time 2). In addition, barriers to mammography attainment were reduced for women who had not obtained a mammogram by follow-up. Community-based participatory projects in collaboration with churches and cooperative extension programs have the potential to reduce racial disparities in breast cancer in rural areas.
KW - African American
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Disparities
KW - Mammography
KW - Rural
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U2 - 10.1353/hpu.2005.0071
DO - 10.1353/hpu.2005.0071
M3 - Article
C2 - 16327093
AN - SCOPUS:29244433748
SN - 1049-2089
VL - 16
SP - 11
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
JF - Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
IS - 4 SUPPL. A
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