Outcomes of a community-based three-year breast and cervical cancer screening program for medically underserved, low income women.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate a community level three-year breast and cervical cancer screening program for medically underserved, low income women.


METHODS
Descriptive data on 128 women gathered from five semiannual screening programs held between 1995 and 1997 were analyzed.


CONCLUSIONS
Poor and medically under served women often face barriers that may discourage or prevent screening activity and measures for early detection of breast and cervical cancer. Besides success in recruiting women to the program, community collaborative partnerships were established that continue to sustain this program.


CONCLUSIONS
The results from this project provide an example of how advance practice nurses (APNs) can demonstrate meaningful and competitive health care services for underserved women and how APNs can actively evaluate programs they offer that affect the health practices of communities in need.
Schulz
Marcia A
MA
Townhall II and I Medical Clinic, Kent, OH, USA. msmabm@juno.com
Ludwick
Ruth
R
Cukr
Penelope L
PL
Kelly
Dennis
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears