Jennifer C. Livaudais|Gloria D. Coronado|Noah Espinoza|Ilda Islas|Genoveva Ibarra|Beti Thompson
Educating Hispanic Women About Breast Cancer Prevention: Evaluation of a Home-Based <i>Promotora</i>-Led Intervention
Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center
objectives trained community health promoters ie promotoras conducted homebased group educational interventions home health parties educate hispanic women lower yakima valley washington state breast cancer mammography screening methods women aged 4079 participating parties completed baseline followup surveys 6 months postintervention n 70 changes general cancer knowledge breast cancer screening practices intentions screened among participants baseline followup measured using mcnemars test marginal homogeneity evaluate effectiveness parties results average age sample 500 years standard deviation sd 100 84 reported less eighth grade education 54 covered states basic health care plan significant changes baseline followup observed respect 1 believing risk cancer could reduced 41 vs 15 respectively p 0001 2 ever mammogram 83 vs 91 p 0014 3 discussing mammogram doctor 37 vs 67 p 0001 4 intending mammogram within next months among women report mammogram baseline followup 61 vs 81 p 0046 conclusions participation homebased group educational interventions delivered promotoras may associated improved breast cancer screening practices among hispanic women