Hee Yun Lee|Joseph S. Koopmeiners|Taeho Greg Rhee|Victoria H. Raveis|Jasjit S. Ahluwalia
Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention for Cervical Cancer Screening: Changes in Knowledge and Behavior Pre-Post Intervention
University of Minnesota|University of Minnesota|Twin Cities Orthopedics|University of Minnesota|New York University|University of Minnesota
cervical cancer poses significant threat korean american women reported one highest cervical cancer mortality rates united states studies consistently report korean american women lowest pap test screening rates across us ethnic groupsin response need enhance cervical cancer screening vulnerable population developed tested 7day mobile phone text messagebased cervical cancer screening mscreening intervention designed promote receipt pap tests young korean american womenwe developed assessed acceptability feasibility 1week mscreening intervention increase knowledge cervical cancer screening intent receive screening receipt pap test foggs behavior model conceptual framework guided development mscreening intervention series focus groups conducted inform development intervention messages individually tailored participant delivered 7day period participants preferred time quasiexperimental research design 30 korean american women aged 21 29 years utilized baseline post 1 week completion mscreening followup 3 months completion mscreening testingfindings revealed significant increase participants knowledge cervical cancer p001 guidelines cervical cancer screening p006 total 23 730 95 ci 99423 mscreening participants received pap test 83 2530 participants expressed satisfaction intervention 97 2930 reported would recommend program friends indicating excellent acceptability feasibility interventionthis study provides evidence effectiveness feasibility mscreening intervention mobile technology promising tool increase knowledge receipt cervical cancer screening given widespread usage mobile phones among young adults mobile phonebased health intervention could lowcost effective method reaching populations low cervical cancer screening rates using individually tailored messages cover broad content areas overcome restrictions place time delivery