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ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2015

"The Vagina is a Very Tricky Little Thing Down There": Cervical Health Literacy among Incarcerated Women.

Megha Ramaswamy, Patricia J Kelly

Erratum issued 2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract read
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Article in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02128659 nacompletednot on this map

Sexual Health Empowerment for Cervical Health Literacy and Cancer Prevention

TypeinterventionalSponsorMegha Ramaswamy, PhD, MPHRan2014 to 2019Enrolled261ConditionsCervical CancerArmsSHE Project
NCT03984695 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Sexual Health Empowerment for Jail-Involved Women's Health Literacy and Prevention

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterRan2019 to 2026Enrolled279ConditionsCervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Contraceptive Usage, Sexually Transmitted DiseasesArmsSHE-WOMEN
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Cancer equity for those impacted by mass incarceration.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023
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  12. Abnormal Pap Follow-Up among Criminal-Legal Involved Women in Three U.S. Cities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  17. Health Literacy Among a Formerly Incarcerated Population Using Data from the Transitions Clinic Network.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018
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  19. Breast Cancer Risk Among Women in Jail.BioResearch open access · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megha Ramaswamy
Patricia J Kelly
University of Kansas · USUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City · US

Funding

Sexual Health Empowerment (SHE) for Cervical Health Literacy and Cancer Prevention Diversity SupplementR01CA181047 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WICKLIFFE, JOI · 2014 to 2023
$4.1M
Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchKL2TR000119 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAROHN, RICHARD J. · 2012 to 2015
$2.5M
Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchTL1TR000120 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAROHN, RICHARD J. · 2012 to 2015
$549k
Understanding the Cervical Cancer Health Gap for Women in JailR03CA162869 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI RAMASWAMY, MEGHA · 2011 to 2012
$161k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000119NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR000120NCI NIH HHS R01 CA181047NCI NIH HHS R03 CA162869
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to understand factors associated with women's ability to engage in cervical cancer prevention and follow-up care given ongoing criminal justice involvement. We conducted four focus groups with 45 incarcerated women to assess barriers to cervical health promotion, and used a grounded theory method to analyze data. We administered the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults to assess general health literacy as a standalone factor related to cervical health promotion. Ninety-one percent of participants had adequate health literacy scores. However, we found that the women had varying levels of cervical health literacy, which we operationalized as knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy related to cervical health promotion. Practitioners should establish broader interventions to empower women with criminal justice histories to take control of their own cervical health and focus on communicating updated recommendations to improve cervical health understanding, beliefs, and practices among high-risk women.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdultFemaleFocus GroupsGrounded TheoryHealth LiteracyHealth PromotionHealth Services AccessibilityHumansKansasPrisonersRisk AssessmentSelf EfficacyUrban PopulationUterine Cervical Neoplasms

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PMID26548678
PMCPMC4664041
OpenAlexW2115314980

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