Impact of a multimedia breast cancer education intervention on use of mammography by low-income Latinas.
BACKGROUND
This paper describes the results of a study of a multimedia breast cancer educational intervention for low-education, low-income Latinas.


METHODS
Study participants were first exposed to an interactive, multimedia breast cancer educational intervention and then interviewed four months later to ascertain their mammography status.


RESULTS
About 40% of the women who had either obtained or scheduled mammography since the intervention attributed their decision to the intervention.


CONCLUSIONS
Women who had previously been screened and who understood that mammography was used as a breast cancer screening method were more likely to have scheduled or obtained mammography than other women.
Valdez
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Multimedia Breast Cancer Project, Mountain View, California, USA. avaldez@aol.com
Banerjee
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Fernandez
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Ackerson
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019212:Multimedia; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors