Journal
JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 1043-1052Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-020-01918-8
Keywords
Health disparities; Cancer screening; Patient navigation; Health education; Evaluation
Funding
- Training Grant in Cancer Prevention and Control from the National Cancer Institute [T32CA122061]
- American Cancer Society [125672-DSW-14-115-01-SW]
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [P2CHD042849]
- Evidence-Based Prevention Programs and Services grants [PP120099, PP150089]
- Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
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This study examines the effectiveness of a cancer education and patient navigation program in increasing breast and cervical cancer screening rates among rural and border county residents in Texas. The results show that patient navigation, either alone or combined with education, significantly improves the odds of completing mammogram and Pap screenings compared to education alone. These findings highlight the importance of patient navigation in increasing cancer screening uptake among underserved and diverse populations.
This study examines breast and cervical cancer screening uptake in a cancer education and patient navigation (PN) program for residents of rural and border counties in Texas by level of participation (education only, PN only, or education and PN). Data collected from March 1, 2012, to November 5, 2016, included 6663 follow-up surveys from participants aged 21-74. Logistic regression models assessed program participation on the odds of completing breast or cervical cancer screening. For women aged 40-74 years (N = 4942; mean age = 52 years), 58.4% reported a mammogram within 6 months on average from initial contact. In the breast cancer screening model, women who only received PN (OR: 6.06, CI: 4.87-7.53) or who participated in both the education plus PN program (OR: 3.33, CI: 2.77-4.02) had higher odds of mammogram screening compared to women who only received education. For women aged 21-64 years (N = 6169; mean age = 46 years), 37.7% received a Papanicolaou (Pap) test within 6 months on average from initial contact. In the Pap screening model, both education and PN (OR: 3.23, CI: 2.66-3.91) and PN only (OR: 2.35, CI: 1.88-2.93) groups had higher odds of screening for cervical cancer compared to those only receiving education. Graphed predicted probabilities examined significant interactions between race/ethnicity/language and program participation (P < 0.0001) for both screenings. PN, solely or in combination with education, is an effective strategy to increase screening for breast and cervical cancer, beyond educational outreach efforts alone, among un-/underserved, racially/ethnically diverse women in rural and border Texas counties.
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