Development and implementation of a curriculum on cancer screening for small groups of Latino women.
BACKGROUND
Health programs tailored to serve Latino communities with limited access to health care are necessary. The methods used to develop breast and cervical cancer educational programs and to evaluate their implementation are presented.


METHODS
A 12-session curriculum was developed to guide weekly group sessions led by trained community health advisors (ie, consejeras).


RESULTS
The curriculum has been implemented and revised over time. Assessments of the extent to which the curriculum educational objectives were met were based on diaries completed by consejeras at the end of the educational sessions and observation ratings of randomly selected educational sessions. The facilitator's guide includes, for each educational session, (1) information about the materials that will be needed for the session, (2) educational objectives, and (3) scripted text to guide the session.


CONCLUSIONS
The curriculum has been successfully implemented and represents a carefully constructed tool to foster breast and cervical early detection in underserved Latino communities.
Navarro
Ana M
AM
University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0622, USA. anavarro@ucsd.edu
McNicholas
Lori J
LJ
Cruz
Mary
M
McKennett
Marianne
M
Sánchez
Olga
O
Senn
Karen L
KL
Cañez
Blanca
B
D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008403:Mass Screening; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016730:Program Development