ORIGINAL ANALYSIS The End Result of Two Church-based Interventions on Cancer Of The Breast Screening Rates Among Medicaid-Insured Latinas
Adrienne L. Welsh, PhD, MSPH, Angela Sauaia, MD, PhD, Jillian Jacobellis, PhD, MS, Sung-joon Min, PhD, Tim Byers, MD, MPH
Recommended citation because of this article: Welsh AL, Sauaia the, Jacobellis J, Min S, Byers T. the end result of two church-based interventions on cancer of the breast testing prices among Medicaid-insured Latinas. Prev Chronic Dis serial on line 2005 Oct date cited.
Abstract
Introduction Latinas face disparities in cancer assessment prices weighed against non-Latina whites. The Tepeyac venture aims to cut back these disparities making use of an approach that is church-based increase cancer of the breast assessment among Latinas in Colorado. The aim of this research would be to compare the end result of two Tepeyac venture interventions in the mammogram prices of Latinas and whites that are non-Latina in the Medicaid fee-for-service system.
Methods Two intervention teams had been contrasted: 209 churches in Colorado that received academic im printed materials in Spanish and English (the printed statewide intervention) and four churches when you look at the Denver area that received customized training from promotoras , or peer counselors (the promotora intervention), besides the printed intervention that is statewide. (mehr …)