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A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Interventions for African American Women: Implications for Promoting Health Equity

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This review examines cervical cancer screening and prevention interventions for African American women in the United States, aiming to promote health equity. Out of 1970 articles, 23 met the criteria, showing various strategies like community health workers and patient navigation. Health education interventions, particularly when combined with patient navigation or community … [Read more...] about A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Interventions for African American Women: Implications for Promoting Health Equity

Using Implementation Mapping to increase uptake and use of Salud en Mis Manos: A breast and cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination intervention for Latinas

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The purpose of this paper was to create a dissemination and implementation strategy for maintaining the Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM) intervention in clinic settings. SEMM is a CHW-delivered, evidence-based intervention (EBI) that is shown to increase breast and cervical cancer screening. Researchers utilized five iterative tasks, defined by an implementation mapping framework, to … [Read more...] about Using Implementation Mapping to increase uptake and use of Salud en Mis Manos: A breast and cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination intervention for Latinas

Focused Training of Community Health Volunteers on Cervical Cancer in Rural Kisumu

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In this quasi-experimental study, authors assessed the impacts of a training on the knowledge of cervical cancer and screening among community health volunteers in Kenya. Researchers recruited 425 CHVs from two sub-counties and assigned them to the intervention or control arm. In the intervention arm, CHVs received a three hour training about the risk factors, symptoms, and … [Read more...] about Focused Training of Community Health Volunteers on Cervical Cancer in Rural Kisumu

Recruitment strategies to promote uptake of cervical cancer screening in the West Region of Cameroon

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This study sought to assess the effectiveness and costs of two cervical cancer screening recruitment strategies conducted in a low-resource setting in Cameroon. Recruitment strategies were conducted through either Community Information Channels (CIC) (e.g. street banners) or cervical cancer prevention counseling with CHWs. While the results demonstrated a higher recruitment … [Read more...] about Recruitment strategies to promote uptake of cervical cancer screening in the West Region of Cameroon

Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion in Eswatini: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Community Health Workers’ Perceived Barriers

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This study sought to examine CHW’s perceived barriers to discussing cervical cancer screening with women eligible for screening and explored factors associated with experiencing more barriers. A telephone survey was conducted with CHWs between July and August of 2021, and uncovered the following commonly endorsed barriers: perceived inability to convince women to undertake … [Read more...] about Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion in Eswatini: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Community Health Workers’ Perceived Barriers