title: Development and implementation of a culturally sensitive cervical health survey: a community-based participatory approach.
abstract: Cervical cancer mortality rates are higher for Great Plains Native American women than for Caucasian women and other Native women. Messengers for Health, a project based on the Apsáalooke (Crow Indian) reservation, utilizes a lay health advisor approach to decrease cervical cancer screening barriers, increase knowledge regarding screening and prevention, and increase the proportion of women receiving Pap tests among Apsáalooke women aged 18 and older. This project utilizes a community-based participatory research model, which emphasizes community member involvement in all phases of the project. The initial phase of this project was the development and implementation of a culturally sensitive survey used to guide the program and benefit the community. The process and preliminary results are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, 218 Herrick Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717-3540, USA. adinas@montana.edu
authors.forename: Adina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christopher
authors.forename: Alma Knows His Gun
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000592:standards*; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009009:Montana; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012922:Social Change; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*