The development of a community action plan to reduce breast and cervical cancer disparities between African-American and White women.
The purpose of this project was to establish a coalition of academic, state, and community-based organizations to develop a community action plan (CAP) to eliminate breast and cervical cancer morbidity and mortality disparities between African-American (AA) and Caucasian women. The project targeted rural and urban low-income AA women in Alabama. Based on the logic model, community capacity building was implemented, followed by the development of a community-driven CAP. For community capacity building, a coalition comprising 12 organizations was established, and a network of 84 community volunteers was formed. Community needs assessments identified 3 levels of barriers to breast and cervical cancer screening: 1) individual, 2) community systems, and 3) healthcare provider. Based on these findings, a community-driven CAP was developed. Our results indicate that a coalition of diverse organizations can partner and develop CAPs to improve the health of their communities.
Fouad
Mona N
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Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-4410, USA. mfouad@uab.edu
Nagy
M Christine
MC
Johnson
Rhoda E
RE
Wynn
Theresa A
TA
Partridge
Edward E
EE
Dignan
Mark
M
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000407:Alabama; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*