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Maintaining mammography adherence through telephone counseling in a church-based trial
1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. naihua@mednet.ucla.edu
Objectives:
This study assessed the effectiveness of telephone counseling in a church-based mammography promotion intervention trial.
Methods:
Thirty churches were randomized to telephone counseling and control conditions; telephone interview data were used in assessing intervention effects on mammography adherence. Separate analyses were conducted for baseline-adherent participants (maintaining adherence) and baseline-nonadherent participants (conversion to adherence).
Results:
Year 1 follow-up data indicated that the telephone counseling intervention maintained mammography adherence among baseline-adherent participants and reduced the nonadherence rate from 23% to 16%.
Conclusions:
Partnerships between the public health and faith communities are potentially effective conduits to promote maintenance of widely endorsed health behaviors such as regular cancer screening.