The effectiveness of a community outreach intervention to improve follow-up among underserved women at highest risk for cervical cancer

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 741-748

  Engelstad, Linda P ^a   Stewart, Susan ^b   Otero Sabogal, Regina ^b   Leung, May S ^a   Davis, Patricia I ^a   Pasick, Rena J ^b  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Counseling; Follow up; Navigation; Outreach workers; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 25844489135     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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