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CANCER DETECTION AND PREVENTION
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 320-327Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0361-090X(02)00055-7
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Cambodian Americans; Pap testing; outreach
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- NCI NIH HHS [U01 CA086322] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [86322, 70922] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [U01CA086322] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Introduction: Southeast Asian women have low levels of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing participation. We conducted a group-randomized controlled trial to evaluate a cervical cancer screening intervention program targeting Seattle's Cambodian refugee community. Methods: Women who completed a baseline, community-based survey were eligible for the trial. Neighborhoods were the unit of randomization. Three hundred and seventy survey participants living in 17 neighborhoods were randomized to intervention or control status. Intervention group women received home visits by outreach workers and were invited to group meetings in neighborhood settings. The primary outcome measure was self-reported Pap testing in the year prior to completing a follow-up survey. Results: The proportion of women in the intervention group reporting recent cervical cancer screening increased from 44% at baseline to 61% at follow-up (+17%). The corresponding proportions among the control group were 51 and 62% (+11%). These temporal increases were statistically significant in both the intervention (P < 0.001) and control (P = 0.027) groups. Discussion: This study was unable to document an increase in Pap testing use specifically in the neighborhood-based outreach intervention group; rather, we found an increase in both intervention and control groups. A general awareness of the project among women and their health care providers as well as other ongoing cervical cancer screening promotional efforts may all have contributed to increases in Pap testing rates. (C) 2002 International Society for Preventive Oncology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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