Trial reportJournal of women's health (2002)
Do cervical cancer screening rates increase in association with an intervention designed to increase mammography usage?
Trial report in Journal of women's health (2002). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03279198 (Increasing Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screening in Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Increasing Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screening in Women
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Improving cervical cancer screening uptake through theory-informed education: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Interventions for African American Women: Implications for Promoting Health Equity.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Pooled it
- Do health education initiatives assist socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions targeted at women to encourage the uptake of cervical screening.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Educational Interventions for Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior of Women: A Systematic ReviewAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions targeted at women to encourage the uptake of cervical screening.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- A Randomized Trial to Compare a Tailored Web-Based Intervention and Tailored Phone Counseling to Usual Care for Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2018Trial
- Mammography Adherence in African-American Women: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2016Trial
- Kin KeeperSM: design and baseline characteristics of a community-based randomized controlled trial promoting cancer screening in Black, Latina, and Arab women.Contemporary clinical trials · 2013Trial
- Colorectal cancer prevention for low-income, sociodemographically-diverse adults in public housing: baseline findings of a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2009Trial
- Characteristics of interventions aimed at reducing inequalities along the cancer continuum: A scoping review.International journal of cancer · 2025Article
- American Indian and Alaska Native recruitment strategies for health-related randomized controlled trials: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- Interventions to increase breast and cervical cancer screening uptake among rural women: a scoping review.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2020Article
- Adapting the myPlan safety app to respond to intimate partner violence for women in low and middle income country settings: app tailoring and randomized controlled trial protocol.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Use of Community Health Workers and Patient Navigators to Improve Cancer Outcomes Among Patients Served by Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Systematic Literature Review.Health equity · 2017Review
- Adherence to Multiple Cancer Screening Tests among Women Living in Appalachia Ohio.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2015Article
- An educational strategy for improving knowledge about breast and cervical cancer prevention among Mexican middle school students.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
- Healthcare-related correlates of recent HIV testing in New York City.Preventive medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess cervical cancer screening behaviors among underserved women participating in an intervention designed to increase mammography use.
methodsThis was a randomized trial of 897 women from three racial groups (white, African American, Native American) living in a rural county in North Carolina. Baseline and followup surveys were completed by 815 women; 775 women provided data to be included in these analyses. The intervention group received an educational program focused on mammography delivered by a lay health advisor, and the control group received a physician letter/brochure focusing on Pap tests.
resultsWomen in both the intervention (OR 1.70; 1.31, 2.21, p < 0.001) and control groups (OR 1.38; 1.04, 1.82, p = 0.025) significantly increased cervical cancer screening rates within risk appropriate guidelines. No differences by racial group were documented. Women categorized in the high-risk group for developing cervical cancer (>2 sexual partners, age <18 years at first sexual intercourse, smoker; treated for sexually transmitted disease [STD] or partner with treated STD) significantly (OR 1.88; 1.54, 2.28, p < 0.001) increased Pap test completion. However, a nonsignificant increase (OR 1.25; 0.87, 1.79, p = 0.221) in Pap test completion was demonstrated in women categorized as low risk for cervical cancer.
conclusionsThis study suggests that women in an intensive behavioral intervention designed to increase mammography use may also increase Pap test completion, similar to a minimal intervention focused only on increasing Pap test completion. These results have implications for the design and evaluation of behavioral intervention studies.
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