Earp, Jo AnneEng, EugeniaO'Malley, Michael S.Altpeter, MaryRauscher, GarthMayne, LindaMathews, Holly F.Lynch, Kathy S.Qaqish, Bahjat2011-02-282011-05-172011-02-282011-05-172002-04American Journal of Public Health; 92:4 p. 646-654http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3268Objectives. 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 2002en-USAuthor notified of opt-out rights by Cammie Jennings.Mammography useRural communitiesHealth advisor network interventionArticlePMC144713110.2105/AJPH.92.4.646