title: The development of a brief jail-based cervical health promotion intervention.
abstract: The primary objective of this article was to describe the development and pilot implementation of a brief jail-based cervical health promotion intervention. The intervention was guided by a preliminary study of incarcerated women's cervical health knowledge, awareness, and health literacy, as well as a social and feminist approach to intervention development. We developed and conducted a pilot implementation of the Sexual Health Empowerment Project to increase cervical health knowledge, reduce barriers related to beliefs about cervical cancer, and improve self-efficacy and confidence in navigating health systems. This article offers a framework for how empirically and theory-based interventions are developed and tailored for a jail setting. Future work should include the evaluation of the long-term effects of such a disease-specific program on health behaviors and outcomes among high-risk and vulnerable groups of women as they leave jails and enter communities.
authors: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA mramaswamy@kumc.edu.
authors: Megha
authors: M
authors: Ramaswamy
authors: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors: Rebekah
authors: R
authors: Simmons
authors: University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
authors: Patricia J
authors: PJ
authors: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000193:education; D020377:Self Efficacy; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: cancer prevention and control; cervical cancer; health disparities; health promotion; minority health; women’s health