Armando Valdez|Anna María Nápoles|Susan L. Stewart|A. de la Garza
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cervical Cancer Education Intervention for Latinas Delivered Through Interactive, Multimedia Kiosks
HealthPoint Communications|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, Davis|San Joaquin County Public Health Services
us latina women experience disproportionately high cervical cancer incidence mortality rates health disparities largely preventable routine pap tests human papillomavirus hpv screening study tested efficacy cervical cancer education intervention improve risk factor knowledge attitudes selfefficacy selfreported behavior related cervical cancer screening among lowincome latinas screened past 2 years compared usual care control group lowincome latinas pap test prior 2 years recruited three federally qualified health centers randomly assigned intervention control groups inperson assessment baseline 6month followup women intervention group received onetime lowliteracy cervical cancer education program interactive multimedia kiosk either english spanish based language preference compared control group intervention group demonstrated greater knowledge p 00001 favorable attitudes followup fewer intervention group women never thought getting pap test 46 vs 54 p 0050 agreed fate whether woman gets cervical cancer 24 vs 31 p 0043 groups differ significantly proportion obtained made appointment pap test followup 51 vs 48 p 035 groups reported high levels selfefficacy regarding pap screening postintervention onetime interactive multimedia educational intervention improved cervical cancer knowledge attitudes among lowincome latinas effect cervical cancerscreening behavior exposure control group pretest conducted multimedia kiosk may influenced screening behavior