ArticleJournal of community health2006
Participation and program outcomes in a church-based cancer prevention program for Hispanic women.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Facilitators and Barriers to Conducting Adult Health Programs within Latino Churches in the United States: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Church-Based Health Interventions Among Latinos.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Promising Strategies of Faith-Based Cancer Education and Lifestyle Interventions Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2018Pooled it
- Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening Among US Hispanics/Latinas: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2015Pooled it
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- Dissemination of evidence-based cancer control interventions among Catholic faith-based organizations: results from the CRUZA randomized trial.Implementation science : IS · 2016Trial
- Fe en Accion/Faith in Action: Design and implementation of a church-based randomized trial to promote physical activity and cancer screening among churchgoing Latinas.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Cancer interventions with faith-based organizations: a scoping review.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Community research collaboration to develop a promotores-based hereditary breast cancer education program for Spanish-speaking Latinas.Health education research · 2021Article
- CervixCheck: A Spiritually-Based Text Messaging Intervention to Promote Cervical Cancer Awareness and Pap Test Screening Intention among African-American Women.Journal of health communication · 2018Article
- Enhancing capacity among faith-based organizations to implement evidence-based cancer control programs: a community-engaged approach.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Article
- Priorities, concerns and unmet needs among Haitians in Boston after the 2010 earthquake.Health & social care in the community · 2016Article
- Faith-based organizations and the Affordable Care Act: Reducing Latino mental health care disparities.Psychological services · 2016Article
- Latinas' Mammography Intention Following a Home-Based Promotores-Led Intervention.Journal of community health · 2015Article
- Recruiting and Surveying Catholic Parishes for Cancer Control Initiatives: Lessons Learned From the CRUZA Implementation Study.Health promotion practice · 2015Article
- Enhancing organizational capacity to provide cancer control programs among Latino churches: design and baseline findings of the CRUZA Study.BMC health services research · 2015Article
- Dimensions of religiousness and cancer screening behaviors among church-going Latinas.Journal of religion and health · 2014Article
- Integrating diabetes self-management interventions for mexican-americans into the catholic church setting.Journal of religion and health · 2014Article
- Breast cancer interventions serving US-based Latinas: current approaches and directions.Women's health (London, England) · 2013Review
- Design and evaluation of a theory-based, culturally relevant outreach model for breast and cervical cancer screening for Latina immigrants.Ethnicity & disease · 2012Article
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Abstract
This study examined program attendance and related outcomes for Compañeros en la Salud, a church-based culturally focused health promotion program specifically designed for low-acculturated, low-income Hispanic women. In this church-based study, the cancer prevention intervention was the major intervention group, and its effects were compared with a noncancer-oriented family mental health group. The goal of the present study was to identity predictors of program attendance and increases in cancer prevention knowledge and behaviors. Lower levels of acculturation level and greater overall church attendance were predictive of program attendance for Hispanic women in the cancer prevention component. Also, attendance in the cancer intervention component of the Compañeros en la Salud program was predictive of posttest cancer prevention knowledge. By contrast, higher acculturation level was a significant predictor of having had a clinical breast exam at posttest. Similarly, younger age and lower fear of cancer were predictive of having had a pap smear at posttest. Finally, pretest cancer prevention knowledge was a significant predictor of mammography screening for women ages 40 and over. These results offer implications for the development of culturally tailored cancer prevention programs for Hispanic women.
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