title: Pilot evaluation of a health promotion program for African immigrant and refugee women: the UJAMBO Program.
abstract: The UJAMBO Program was a series of one session group workshops with Congolese and Somali women in the United States built around a DVD using African immigrant women's stories which provided basic information about mammography, pap smears and mental health services for trauma. The current study is an evaluation of the UJAMBO program addressing the impact on participants'knowledge of these health services and their intentions to use these services.
authors.affiliation: Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston University School of Medicine, 771 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA. piwo@bu.edu
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piwowarczyk
authors.forename: Hillary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Kelley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saia
authors.forename: Sondra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: Francine Tshiwala
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Mudymba
authors.forename: Nimo Ibrahim
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Hashi
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raj
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003223:Congo / Q000208:ethnology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012036:Refugees / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology