BACKGROUND: This paper describes the results of a study of a multimedia breast cancer educational intervention for low-education, low-income Latinas. METHODS: Study participants were first exposed to an interactive, multimedia breast cancer educational intervention and then interviewed four months later to ascertain their mammography status. RESULTS: About 40% of the women who had either obtained or scheduled mammography since the intervention attributed their decision to the intervention. CONCLUSION: Women who had previously been screened and who understood that mammography was used as a breast cancer screening method were more likely to have scheduled or obtained mammography than other women.
BACKGROUND: This paper describes the results of a study of a multimedia breast cancer educational intervention for low-education, low-income Latinas. METHODS: Study participants were first exposed to an interactive, multimedia breast cancer educational intervention and then interviewed four months later to ascertain their mammography status. RESULTS: About 40% of the women who had either obtained or scheduled mammography since the intervention attributed their decision to the intervention. CONCLUSION:Women who had previously been screened and who understood that mammography was used as a breast cancer screening method were more likely to have scheduled or obtained mammography than other women.
Authors: María E Fernández; Alicia Gonzales; Guillermo Tortolero-Luna; Janet Williams; Monica Saavedra-Embesi; Wenyaw Chan; Sally W Vernon Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2009-03-19 Impact factor: 9.308
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