ArticleHealth education research2017
Promoting cancer screening among churchgoing Latinas: Fe en Acción/faith in action.
Article in Health education research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01776632 (Promoting Physical Activity in Churchgoing Latinas), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Promoting Physical Activity in Churchgoing Latinas: Fe en Acción (Faith in Action)
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sociocultural factors influencing women's adherence to colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Advancing Mammographic Screening Among Underserved Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Strategies to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Uptake.Public health reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Community Health Workers to Increase Cancer Screening: 3 Community Guide Systematic Reviews.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions targeted at women to encourage the uptake of cervical screening.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Healthcare Disparities in Cancer Screening Among Minority Adults: a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Educational Interventions on Breast Cancer Screening Uptake, Knowledge, and Beliefs among Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Preventive Cancer Screening Among Resettled Refugee Women from Muslim-Majority Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Church-Based Health Interventions Among Latinos.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Mammography Screening Educational Interventions for Hispanic Women in the United States.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2019Pooled it
- Social determinants of health and US cancer screening interventions: A systematic review.CA: a cancer journal for cliniciansPooled it
- Trial
- A randomized controlled trial to evaluate an adapted community health worker-delivered breast and cervical cancer screening education and navigation intervention for underserved Latina adults.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Cancer interventions with faith-based organizations: a scoping review.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Equity and Opportunities in Lung Cancer Care-Addressing Disparities, Challenges, and Pathways Forward.Cancers · 2025Review
- Knowledge and beliefs on breast cancer screening and uptake among Yemeni female school teachers in Malaysia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Educational interventions to improve bowel cancer awareness and screening in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: A scoping review.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Centering intersectional breast cancer screening experiences among black, Latina, and white women: a qualitative analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Development and design of a culturally tailored intervention to address COVID-19 disparities among Oregon's Latinx communities: A community case study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Perspectives on Kidney Disease Education and Recommendations for Improvement Among Latinx Patients Receiving Emergency-Only Hemodialysis.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- AHealth promotion practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cancer screening rates among Latinas are generally low, reducing the likelihood of early cancer detection in this population. This article examines the effects of a community intervention (Fe en Acción/Faith in Action) led by community health workers (promotoras) on promoting breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening among churchgoing Latinas. Sixteen churches were randomly assigned to a cancer screening or a physical activity intervention. We examined cancer knowledge, barriers to screening and self-reported mammography, clinical breast exam, Pap test, fecal occult blood test and sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy at baseline and 12 months follow-up. Participants were 436 adult Latinas, with 16 promotoras conducting a cancer screening intervention at 8 out of 16 churches. The cancer screening intervention had a significant positive impact on self-reported mammography (OR = 4.64, 95% CI: 2.00-10.75) and breast exams in the last year (OR= 2.82, 95% CI: 1.41-5.57) and corresponding reductions in perceived (87.6%) barriers to breast cancer screening (P < .008). Cervical and colorectal cancer screening did not improve with the intervention. These findings suggest Fe en Acción church-based promotoras had a significant impact on promoting breast cancer screening among Latinas. Colon cancer screening promotion, however, remains a challenge.
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