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  • Women Veterans and rural Veterans encounter significant barriers to routine cancer screenings.
  • The Boost Team, a clinician-driven outreach program, was established to offer care coordination and counseling specifically for women Veterans.
  • Understanding the impact of this program on breast and cervical cancer screening completion is crucial for improving veteran healthcare outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the effectiveness of clinician-driven care coordination and counseling in enhancing breast and cervical cancer screening completion rates among women Veterans.
  • To identify the role of the Boost program's interventions in overcoming barriers to screening for this population.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective chart review of 115 randomly selected women Veterans who were contacted by the Boost outreach Nurse Practitioner (NP).
  • A subset analysis of 55 charts where breast or cervical cancer screening was addressed, focusing on interventions like education and coordination.
  • Tracking of mammogram and Pap smear completion rates within 12 months post-intervention.

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  • Of the 55 cases studied, 48% involved interventions for breast and/or cervical cancer screening.
  • Post-intervention, the percentage of women due for breast cancer screening decreased from 64% to 32%, and for cervical cancer screening from 49% to 29%.
  • Among those due for screening, counseling significantly increased completion rates: 59% for mammograms and 50% for Pap smears after counseling, compared to 0% for those not counselled.

Conclusions:

  • Clinician-driven outreach, incorporating Veteran-centered communication and care coordination, positively impacts breast and cervical cancer screening rates in rural women Veterans.
  • The study underscores the necessity of clinician counseling, as a significant number of patients had questions indicating a need for expert guidance.
  • Future research should compare telephonic outreach with other methods and focus on engaging harder-to-reach populations while building trust in VHA services.