An evaluation of professional education efforts for breast and cervical cancer in public health nurses.
This article describes training programs instituted in 1992 by the North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) to improve skills of public health nurses in breast and cervical cancer education and clinical services. Public health nurses traditionally serve as primary health care providers in medically underserved communities and are the main providers of BCCCP services. The training programs were evaluated by a statewide survey of public health nurses in 1996. The authors discuss the findings of this survey, its limitations, and the goals it has led the authors to set for improving the education program in the future.
Herman
C J
CJ
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
Tessaro
I A
IA
Kavee
A L
AL
Harris
L H
LH
Holliday
J L
JL
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*