The effect of a church-based breast cancer screening education program on mammography rates among African-American women.
This study examines the effectiveness of breast cancer screening education programs on mammography rates among African-American women 40 years of age and over. We conducted two types of educational programs in community settings, primarily in African-American churches. Three-month follow-up interviews were used to determine whether women who participated in programming were more likely to get a mammogram if they had not had a mammogram in the last year. Our results demonstrate that the educational programs significantly increased the likelihood of getting a mammogram when compared to a control group that received no educational programming. Further, we found that the programs were effective for motivating breast cancer screening in housing projects as well as in the churches, and that the effectiveness of the programs remained even when we controlled for socioeconomic status, depression, and age.
Husaini
Baqar A
BA
Center for Health Research, Tennessee State University, Nashville 37209, USA.
Sherkat
Darren E
DE
Levine
Robert
R
Bragg
Richard
R
Van
Cain A
CA
Emerson
Janice S
JS
Mentes
Christina M
CM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000208:ethnology*; D003153:Community Health Services; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012067:Religion; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D001741:Black or African American