title: Advancing the role of participatory communication in the diffusion of cancer screening among Hispanics.
abstract: Based on previously demonstrated methods, a cancer prevention program combining media and interpersonal communication was conducted in a Texas border city (Brownsville) in 1995-1996. To evaluate the program a quasi-experimental panel design study followed 107 women in a program site and 105 women in a comparison site from 1994 to 1996. Women in the program site reported an increase in levels of Pap screening adherence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Center for Cancer Control Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villarreal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gallion
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013781:Texas; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*