Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
Volume 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-204

Increasing cervical cancer screening in a Hispanic migrant farmworker community through faith-based clinical outreach (Article)

Luque J.S.* , Tyson D.M. , Markossian T. , Lee J.-H. , Turner R. , Proctor S. , Menard J. , Meade C.D.
  • a Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30460-8015, United States
  • b College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
  • c Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30460-8015, United States
  • d Biostatistics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
  • e Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
  • f Catholic Charities, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
  • g Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, United States
  • h Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States

Abstract

Objective.: Partnerships between academic medical centers and faith-based community organizations have been associated with increased screening rates in low-income minority women. We describe clinical outcomes of an outreach partnership between a cancer center and a faith-based outreach clinic offering gynecologic screening services in central Florida to increase cervical cancer screening adherence in a priority population of primarily Hispanic farmworker women. Methods.: Data sources included a retrospective chart review. This descriptive study examined patterns of cervical cancer screening behavior among the patient population of the faith-based outreach clinic. Results.: Findings suggest that among this group of patients, the demographic factors that predict adherence with cervical cancer screening recommendations are number of years having lived in the United States and marital status. Women residing in the United States for more than 5 years were significantly more adherent with cervical cancer screening recommendations compared with women who have resided in the United States for 5 years or less (p = .05), and married women were more likely to be adherent than unmarried women (p = .02). Conclusions..: The partnership was successful in increasing cervical cancer screening adherence in this medically underserved population. When enabling barriers to screening adherence are removed through faith-based clinical outreach and engaged continuously for a number of years, uninsured, low-income Hispanic women are more likely to receive recommended preventive services. © 2011, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.

Author Keywords

Cancer screening Hispanics community outreach medically underserved Farmworkers

Index Keywords

Vaginal Smears mass screening single woman demography agricultural worker human middle aged Agriculture Aged cancer screening Hispanic Americans spiritual healing marriage United States Young Adult Florida Humans Hispanic female population research Article Retrospective Studies adult uterine cervix cancer Academic Medical Centers Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Transients and Migrants Religion and Medicine Community-Institutional Relations
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79960020236&doi=10.1097%2fLGT.0b013e318206004a&partnerID=40&md5=b8ddcc0a222547156c611d648feafbba
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e318206004a
ISSN: 10892591
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English