title: Creating a patient navigation model to address cervical cancer disparities in a rural Hispanic farmworker community.
abstract: This report describes the implementation of a pilot patient navigation (PN) program created to address cervical cancer disparities in a predominantly Hispanic agricultural community. Since November 2009, a patient navigator has provided services to patients of Catholic Mobile Medical Services (CMMS). The PN program has resulted in the need for additional clinic sessions to accommodate the demand for preventive care at CMMS.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 27, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Maria I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Sister Sara
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.forename: Shalanda A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bynum
authors.forename: Gwendolyn P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Dinorah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinez-Tyson
authors.forename: Cathy D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Meade
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D062526:Patient Navigation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology