A community-academic partnership to plan and implement an evidence-based lay health advisor program for promoting breast cancer screening.
Despite a growing body of evidence concerning effective approaches to increasing breast cancer screening, the gap between research and practice continues. The North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program (NC-BCSP) is an example of an evidence-based intervention that uses trained lay health advisors (LHA) to promote breast cancer screening. Partnerships that link academic researchers knowledgeable about specific evidence-based programs with community-based practitioners offer a model for increasing their use. This article describes a partnership between CrossWorks, Inc., a community-based organization, and the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in planning and implementing an evidence-based program for promoting breast cancer screening among older African American women in rural eastern North Carolina communities. We used in-depth interviews to explore the relationship of the partnership to the activities that were undertaken to launch the evidence-based program.
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Alexis A
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Debra G
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Anissa I
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Vines
Jennifer
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Leeman
D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012423:Rural Health