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Jessica Calderón-Mora1,2, Theresa L Byrd3, Adam Alomari2
1Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Center of Emphasis for Cancer, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, TX, USA.
Purpose:
To determine whether group education is as effective as individual education in improving cervical cancer screening uptake along the US-Mexico border.
Design:
Cluster randomized controlled study.
Setting:
El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas.
Participants:
Three hundred women aged 21 to 65 years, uninsured, due for a Pap test, no prior history of cervical cancer or hysterectomy.
Intervention:
Theory-based, culturally appropriate program comprised of outreach, educational session, navigation services, and no-cost cervical cancer testing.
Measures:
Baseline, immediate postintervention, and 4-month follow-up surveys measured knowledge and theoretical constructs from the Health Belief Model, Theory of Reasoned Action, and the Social Cognitive Theory.
Analysis:
Relative risk regression analyses to assess the effects of educational delivery mode on the uptake of screening. Mixed effect models to analyze changes in psychosocial variables.
Results:
One hundred and fifty women assigned to each educational group; 99% Hispanic. Of all, 85.7% completed the follow-up survey. Differences in screening rate at follow-up were analyzed by education type. Overall screening rate at follow-up was 73.2%, no significant difference by education type (individual: 77.6%, group: 68.9% P = .124). Significant increases among group education at follow-up for knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, and subjective norms and significant decrease for perceived benefits.
Conclusion:
This study provides evidence to support the effectiveness of group education to promote cervical cancer screening among vulnerable Hispanic women and offers an additional method to address cervical cancer disparities.
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