Trial reportPreventing chronic disease2007
Church-based breast cancer screening education: impact of two approaches on Latinas enrolled in public and private health insurance plans.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Community Health Workers to Increase Cancer Screening: 3 Community Guide Systematic Reviews.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Pooled 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
- Do community health worker interventions improve rates of screening mammography in the United States? A systematic review.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2011Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of interventions to promote mammography among ethnic minority women.Nursing researchPooled it
- Web-based versus in-person methods for training lay community health advisors to implement health promotion workshops: participant outcomes from a cluster-randomized trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- Dimensions of sustainability for a health communication intervention in African American churches: a multi-methods study.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
- Adoption, reach, and implementation of a cancer education intervention in African American churches.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
- 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
- Cluster-Randomized Trial to Increase Hepatitis B Testing among Koreans in Los Angeles.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2015Trial
- Promotoras as mental health practitioners in primary care: a multi-method study of an intervention to address contextual sources of depression.Journal of community health · 2011Trial
- Healthy colon, healthy life: a novel colorectal cancer screening intervention.American journal of preventive medicine · 2010Trial
- Outreach to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities to increase breast cancer screening and clinical trial awareness.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Cancer interventions with faith-based organizations: a scoping review.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Expanding Implementation Research to Prevent Chronic Diseases in Community Settings.Annual review of public health · 2021Review
- Acceptability of Friday Sermons as a Modality for Health Promotion and Education.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Reducing Cancer Health Disparities among U.S. Latinos: A Freireian Approach.International journal of human rights in healthcare · 2018Article
- Enhancing capacity among faith-based organizations to implement evidence-based cancer control programs: a community-engaged approach.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Article
- Folic Acid Education for Hispanic Women: The Promotora de Salud Model.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionThe Tepeyac Project is a church-based health promotion project that was conducted from 1999 through 2005 to increase breast cancer screening rates among Latinas in Colorado. Previous reports evaluated the project among Medicare and Medicaid enrollees in the state. In this report, we evaluate the program among enrollees in the state's five major insurance plans.
methodsWe compared the Tepeyac Project's two interventions: the Printed Intervention and the Promotora Intervention. In the first, we mailed culturally tailored education packages to 209 Colorado Catholic churches for their use. In the second, promotoras (peer counselors) in four Catholic churches delivered breast-health education messages personally. We compared biennial mammogram claims from the five insurance plans in the analysis at baseline (1998-1999) and during follow-up (2000-2001) for Latinas who had received the interventions. We used generalized estimating equations (GEE) analysis to adjust rates for confounders.
resultsThe mammogram rate for Latinas in the Printed Intervention remained the same from baseline to follow-up (58% [2979/5130] vs 58% [3338/5708]). In the Promotora Intervention, the rate was 59% (316/536) at baseline and 61% (359/590) at follow-up. Rates increased modestly over time and varied widely by insurance type. After adjusting for age, income, urban versus rural location, disability, and insurance type, we found that women exposed to the Promotora Intervention had a significantly higher increase in biennial mammograms than did women exposed to the Printed Intervention (GEE parameter estimate = .24 [+/-.11], P = .03).
conclusionFor insured Latinas, personally delivering church-based education through peer counselors appears to be a better breast-health promotion method than mailing printed educational materials to churches.
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