This research developed and evaluated a lay health worker curriculum intended to educate Hispanic farmworker women on cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and the HPV vaccine. We pilot tested the curriculum in 2010 with 7 volunteer promotoras for readability, attractiveness, content, comprehension, cultural appropriateness, persuasion, structure and organization of … [Read more...] about Salud es vida: development of a cervical cancer education curriculum for promotora outreach with Latina farmworkers in rural Southern Georgia.
Behavior Change and Communication
Educating Hispanic women about breast cancer prevention: evaluation of a home-based promotora-led intervention.
Trained community health promoters (i.e., promotoras) conducted home-based group educational interventions (home health parties) to educate Hispanic women from the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington state about breast cancer and mammography screening. Changes in general cancer knowledge, breast cancer screening practices, and intentions to be screened among participants … [Read more...] about Educating Hispanic women about breast cancer prevention: evaluation of a home-based promotora-led intervention.
Encouraging Vietnamese-American women to obtain Pap tests through lay health worker outreach and media education.
Five times more Vietnamese-American women develop cervical cancer than white women. Few studies have examined whether community-based participatory research can effectively address Asian immigrants' health problems. This article reports the preliminary evaluation of 1 such project. At post-intervention, significantly more LHWO+ME women understood that human papillomavirus … [Read more...] about Encouraging Vietnamese-American women to obtain Pap tests through lay health worker outreach and media education.
Can community health workers improve adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in the USA? A review of the literature.
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed HIV infection into a manageable chronic illness, yet AIDS mortality among ethnic minorities persists in the USA. HAART nonadherence is associated with increased HIV viral load, low CD4 cell count and racial disparities in HIV outcomes. While there is no universal consensus on how to improve medical adherence in … [Read more...] about Can community health workers improve adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in the USA? A review of the literature.
Madres para la Salud: design of a theory-based intervention for postpartum Latinas.
Weight gain in young women suggests that childbearing may be an important contributor to the development of obesity in women. Depressive symptoms can interfere with resumption of normal activity levels following childbirth or with the initiation of or adherence to physical activity programs essential for losing pregnancy weight. Depression symptoms may function directly to … [Read more...] about Madres para la Salud: design of a theory-based intervention for postpartum Latinas.
