title: Integrated community education model: breast health awareness to impact late-stage breast cancer.
abstract: Race and ethnicity play roles in breast cancer mortality, particularly for African American women. As a result, a three-pronged integrated community education model (i.e., faith-based, community, and state agencies) was generated and tested in a medically underserved area with high mortality rates from breast cancer to increase participation in breast health education, provide early screening and detection practices, and provide access to annual mammograms and referral sources. The model provided three women with life-saving early diagnoses, in addition to providing potentially hundreds of women with a network of breast health, self-monitoring, and referral sources for future issues.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
authors.forename: LaDonna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Northington
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Jean T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: P Renée
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lofton
authors.forename: Janet R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Cynthia H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.forename: Sheila D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008875:Middle Aged; D017145:Models, Educational; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult