Melinda Csima, Judit Podráczky, Viktória Keresztes, Evelin Soós, Judit Fináncz
The Role of Parental Health Literacy in Establishing Health-Promoting Habits in Early Childhood
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
african american women suffer burden cervical cancer first mortality diagnosed later stages survivorship rate lower national average aim review evaluate effectiveness cervical cancer screening prevention interventions african american women living united states assess commitment health equity literature search conducted using pubmed embase cinahl scopus using mesh terms related cervical cancer human papillomavirus hpv screening prevention african americans resulted 1970 articles studies included promoted cervical screening prevention sampled african american women aged 18 evaluated interventions among 23 articles met inclusion criteria wide variety intervention strategies community health workers patient navigation patient reminders selfsampling collection hpv vaccination health education interventions coupled patient navigation community health workers effective promoting screening participation odds ratio 243 95 confidence interval 147402 mixed results regarding incorporation health equity principles review supports importance incorporating health equity principles community based methods screening prevention interventions future research practice incorporate african american womens perspectives intervention development implementation