title: Addressing the information gap: developing and implementing a cervical cancer prevention education campaign grounded in principles of community-based participatory action.
abstract: Despite significant advances in prevention, Mexican American women continue to experience disparities related to cervical cancer and access to current and relevant health information. To address this disparity a community-campus partnership initiated an outreach program to Latinas in Arizona as one part of an integrated approach. Promotoras (community health workers) provided the leadership in the development of a curriculum to (a) train promotoras on cervical cancer, (b) meet informational needs of community members, (c) address relevant social determinants of heath, and (d) promote access to health care. The purpose of this article is to describe the community-based participatory approach used in the development of the curriculum. Specifically, the article describes the leadership of promotoras, the curriculum development, and the use of continual feedback to inform the quality control. To address cervical cancer disparities for Mexican American women, the Pima County Cervical Cancer Prevention Partnership used principles of community-based participatory action.
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA. mmonroy@email.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moore-Monroy
authors.forename: Ada M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wilkinson-Lee
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verdugo
authors.forename: Elvia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paez
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D001130:Arizona; D003150:Community Health Workers; D019058:Community Networks; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D054521:Cultural Competency; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D011786:Quality Control; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*