Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Latinas Attending Culturally Specific Educational Programs

Abstract

Esperanza y Vida has the potential to reduce health disparities in breast and cervical cancer morbidity and mortality rates through increasing cancer screening and thereby increasing early detection.

Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening Among US Hispanics/Latinas: A Qualitative Systematic Review

“…Eight interventions were based exclusively or partly in Texas [11, 51–54, 56, 67, 68, 70, 83, 91, 92], seven in California [11, 54, 63–65, 85, 87, 88, 93], six in Arizona [59–61, 73, 74, 77, 78, 84, 94], four in New York [57, 58, 80, 81, 83, 89, 90, 93], and two in Washington state [70–72]. Additional intervention sites included Colorado [86], New Mexico [11, 54], Arkansas [57, 58, 80, 81], Illinois [55], Virginia [69], Pennsylvania [66], Florida [62], Georgia [75, 76], and Alabama [79].…”

“…Eight interventions were based exclusively or partly in Texas [11, 51–54, 56, 67, 68, 70, 83, 91, 92], seven in California [11, 54, 63–65, 85, 87, 88, 93], six in Arizona [59–61, 73, 74, 77, 78, 84, 94], four in New York [57, 58, 80, 81, 83, 89, 90, 93], and two in Washington state [70–72]. Additional intervention sites included Colorado [86], New Mexico [11, 54], Arkansas [57, 58, 80, 81], Illinois [55], Virginia [69], Pennsylvania [66], Florida [62], Georgia [75, 76], and Alabama [79]. The interventions included one-time intervention sessions or activities [57, 58, 62, 68, 72, 77, 78, 80–82, 88, 90, 94]; multiple-session or multiple-contact programs [11, 54, 59–61, 63–66, 73–76, 79, 84]; and programs with ongoing activities over a specified period of time, such as media campaigns, system protocol changes, or materials distribution [51–53, 55, 56, 67, 67, 69, 72, 83, 85–87, 89, 91–93].…”

“…Additional intervention sites included Colorado [86], New Mexico [11, 54], Arkansas [57, 58, 80, 81], Illinois [55], Virginia [69], Pennsylvania [66], Florida [62], Georgia [75, 76], and Alabama [79]. The interventions included one-time intervention sessions or activities [57, 58, 62, 68, 72, 77, 78, 80–82, 88, 90, 94]; multiple-session or multiple-contact programs [11, 54, 59–61, 63–66, 73–76, 79, 84]; and programs with ongoing activities over a specified period of time, such as media campaigns, system protocol changes, or materials distribution [51–53, 55, 56, 67, 67, 69, 72, 83, 85–87, 89, 91–93]. Breast cancer screening was jointly targeted along with cervical cancer screening in more than half (n=18) of the interventions [11, 51–56, 58–65, 69, 73, 74, 77, 78, 82–84, 89, 91, 92].…”

“…Thirteen of the interventions described one or more specific behavioral theories that informed the intervention; social cognitive or social learning theory (n=9) was the most commonly used [51–53, 57, 58, 63, 70–72, 75–78, 80, 81, 83, 91, 92]. Other theories included the health belief model (n=4) [51–53, 66, 70, 71, 79], the theory of reasoned action (n=2) [51–53, 70, 71], the transtheoretical stages of change model (n=1) [70, 71], diffusion of innovations (n=1) [51–53], social influence theory (n=1) [88], popular education (n=1) [75, 76], and adult education theory (n=1) [68].…”

“…Other theories included the health belief model (n=4) [51–53, 66, 70, 71, 79], the theory of reasoned action (n=2) [51–53, 70, 71], the transtheoretical stages of change model (n=1) [70, 71], diffusion of innovations (n=1) [51–53], social influence theory (n=1) [88], popular education (n=1) [75, 76], and adult education theory (n=1) [68]. In addition, eight studies described using conceptual frameworks and intervention development strategies either in conjunction with or independently of specific theoretical foundations [11, 54, 57, 58, 66, 70, 71, 73, 74, 79–82, 94], and six were based on existing interventions [55, 57, 58, 72–74, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83]. The frameworks described included community-based participatory research (CBPR) or community-based participatory action (n=7) [11, 54, 57, 58, 66, 70, 71, 73, 74, 80–82, 94], intervention mapping (n=3) [11, 54, 70, 71, 79], the PEN-3 Model (n=3) [57, 58, 79–82], and empowerment (n=1) [82].…”