American Journal of Public Health
Volume 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2233-2235

Salud es Vida: Development of a cervical cancer education curriculum forpromotora outreach with Latina farmworkers in rural southern Georgia (Article)

Luque J.S.* , Mason M. , Reyes-Garcia C. , Hinojosa A. , Meade C.D.
  • a Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30460-8015, United States
  • b Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30460-8015, United States
  • c Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30460-8015, United States
  • d Southeast Georgia Communities Project, Lyons, GA, United States
  • e Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States, Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States

Abstract

We 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 lessons, balance between didactic and participatory activities, and ease of diffusion to community members. Peer-led cervical cancer prevention education is a practical option for low-income, Hispanic farmworker women in newer immigrant-receiving areas of the United States with fewer Spanish-speaking health professionals.

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-81555196101&doi=10.2105%2fAJPH.2011.300324&partnerID=40&md5=d990c8ec825b55466c53a953bab74106
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300324
ISSN: 00900036
Cited by: 26
Original Language: English