Cancer education for home health care workers: a process evaluation.
BACKGROUND
In this article, we evaluate adoption of cancer education into the mandatory in-service training of home health attendants (HHA) comprised predominantly of African American and Hispanic women.


METHODS
Three home health care training agencies in Bronx, NY, incorporated cancer prevention and outreach education into HHA training.


RESULTS
Across 3 years, 87% (n = 2513) of HHAs received the intervention and disseminated it to 1600 clients/family/friends. HHAs reported high program satisfaction (98%) and interest (82%) in cancer outreach. Agency staff reported more benefits than costs to implementation.


CONCLUSIONS
The home health care training agency appears an accessible and effective bridge for disseminating cancer education to the underserved.
Moadel
Alyson B
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Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. moadel@aecom.yu.edu
Skamai
Anne
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Carter
Jeanne
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Carey
James V
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Morgan
Carole
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006266:Health Education; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009369:Neoplasms; D009519:New York City; D015397:Program Evaluation