Darren Liu|Hayley Schuchard|Betty Burston|Takashi Yamashita|Steven M. Albert
Interventions to Reduce Healthcare Disparities in Cancer Screening Among Minority Adults: a Systematic Review
Des Moines University|Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center|University of Nevada, Las Vegas|University of Maryland, Baltimore County|University of Pittsburgh
racial minority populations face increased burden relative cancer interventions compared caucasians cancer screening rate substantially lower among african american asian american latinx american american indianalaska native populations barriers low health literacy lack health insurance miscommunication patients providers identified important factors result low screening rates among minority adults study designed identify interventions targeting racial minority adults 40 years age older effective increasing cancer screening uptake rates systematic review articles published january 2009 conducted using prisma preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses guidelines twentysix published studies cancer screening intervention tested minority adults identified searches cinahl global health psycinfo pubmed scopus databases thirteen 50 studies utilized lay community health workers increase cancer awareness knowledge encourage screening methods took place telephone community education sessions within context personalized patient navigation support intervention programs utilized culturally relevant materials well spoken written information targeted populations native language various intervention designs resulted statistically significant increases cancer screening adherence however found intervention consistently elevated cancer screening rates across racialethnic minority adults finding suggests highly segmented interventions needed order improve cancer screening among various racialethnic minority adults