Increasing Use of Mammography Among Older, Rural African American Women: Results From a Community Trial
dc.contributor.author | Earp, Jo Anne | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Eng, Eugenia | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | O'Malley, Michael S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Altpeter, Mary | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rauscher, Garth | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mayne, Linda | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mathews, Holly F. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lynch, Kathy S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Qaqish, Bahjat | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-28T21:17:49Z | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-17T14:20:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-02-28T21:17:49Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-17T14:20:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-04 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives. A community trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program, a lay health advisor network intervention intended to increase screening among rural African American women 50 years and older. Methods. A stratified random sample of 801 African American women completed baseline (1993–1994) and follow-up (1996–1997) surveys. The primary outcome was self-reported mammography use in the previous 2 years. Results. The intervention was associated with an overall 6 percentage point increase (95% confidence interval [CI] =−1, 14) in communitywide mammography use. Low-income women in intervention counties showed an 11 percentage point increase (95% CI = 2, 21) in use above that exhibited by lowincome women in comparison counties. Adjustment for potentially confounding characteristics did not change the results. Conclusions. A lay health advisor intervention appears to be an effective public health approach to increasing use of screening mammography among low-income, rural populations. Originally published American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 92, No. 4, Apr 2002 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | American Journal of Public Health; 92:4 p. 646-654 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2105/AJPH.92.4.646 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC1447131 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3268 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
dc.relation.uri | http://ajph.aphapublications.org/contents-by-date.0.dtl | en_US |
dc.rights | Author notified of opt-out rights by Cammie Jennings. | en_US |
dc.subject | Mammography use | en_US |
dc.subject | Rural communities | en_US |
dc.subject | Health advisor network intervention | en_US |
dc.title | Increasing Use of Mammography Among Older, Rural African American Women: Results From a Community Trial | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
ecu.journal.issue | 4 | |
ecu.journal.name | American Journal of Public Health | |
ecu.journal.pages | 646-654 | |
ecu.journal.volume | 92 |
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