Translating new science into the community to promote opportunities for breast and cervical cancer prevention among African American women.
Elisa Marie RodriguezLina JandorfJulia A DevonishFrances G Saad-HarfoucheNikia ClarkDetric JohnsonAnika StewartChristy A WidmanDeborah O ErwinPublished in: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy (2019)
This paper reveals the underlying complexities to update the educational curriculum content of a multi-site, community-based outreach organization. The new curriculum significantly improved African American women's knowledge about breast and cervical cancer by 10%-36%, clearly demonstrating that this information was new to them. The need for education programming in African American communities to disseminate cancer prevention and risk information remains high.
Keyphrases
- african american
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- health information
- breast cancer risk
- medical students
- papillary thyroid
- cervical cancer screening
- mental health
- medical education
- squamous cell
- emergency medicine
- squamous cell carcinoma
- pregnant women
- social media
- childhood cancer