title: Access to Adequate Healthcare for Hmong Women: A Patient Navigation Program to Increase Pap Test Screening.
abstract: This paper describes the development and implementation of a Hmong Cervical Cancer Intervention Program utilizing a patient navigation model to raise cervical cancer awareness for Hmong women through educational workshops and to assist Hmong women in obtaining a Pap test. Out of 402 women who participated in a baseline survey, the Patient Navigation Program was able to enroll 109 participants who had not had a Pap test in the past 3 years and had never had a Pap test. Through utilization of outreach, an awareness campaign and patient navigation support, at least 38 percent of 109 participants obtained a Pap test. Overall, 21 workshops and 43 outreach activities were conducted by the Hmong Women's Heritage Association, leading to 63 percent of those enrolled in the Patient Navigation Program who could be contacted to obtain a Pap test.
authors.affiliation: Program Coordinator, Hmong Women's Heritage Association, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: Research Director, Hmong Women's Heritage Association, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Dao Moua
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Former Executive Dir., Hmong Women's Heritage Association, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: May Ying
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.affiliation: Associate Adjunct Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Research Professor of Social Work, Division of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Professor, Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; Principal Investigator, AANCART: The National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities; Associate Director for Cancer Control, UC Davis Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Moon S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Hmong women; Pap tests; patient navigation