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Increasing pap smear utilization among Samoan women: results from a community based participatory randomized trial
Shiraz I Mishra1, Pat H Luce, Claudia R Baquet
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Statewide Health Network, 401 W Redwood Street, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. smishra@som.umaryland.edu
Background:
We tested the effectiveness of a theory-guided, culturally tailored cervical cancer education program designed to increase Pap smear use among Samoan women residing in the U.S. Territory of American Samoa.
Methods:
We used a two-group, pretest-posttest design. The sample comprised 398 Samoan women age 20 and older recruited from Samoan churches. Women in the intervention group received a culturally tailored cervical cancer education program in three weekly sessions. The primary outcome was self-reported receipt of a Pap smear.
Results:
Overall, there was a significant intervention effect, with intervention compared with control group women twice (adjusted odds ratio = 2.0, 95% confidence interval = 1.3-3.2, p < .01) as likely to self-report Pap smear use at the posttest.
Conclusions:
The findings support the efficacy of the multifaceted, theory-guided, culturally tailored community-based participatory cervical cancer education program for Samoan women in effecting positive changes in Pap smear use and cervical cancer related knowledge and attitudes.
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