title: Text Messaging May Improve Abnormal Mammogram Follow-Up in Latinas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and pilot test a text message notification process to reduce follow-up time for women with abnormal mammograms. .
  
  
  METHODS
  Formative analysis; randomized trial with delayed intervention control group. .
  
  
  METHODS
  Tiburcio Vasquez Health Clinic (TVHC), a federally qualified health center in Hayward, California. .
  
  
  METHODS
  29 Spanish-speaking Latinas with abnormal mammograms. .
  
  
  METHODS
  A Spanish text message was developed based on findings from two focus groups and five interviews with TVHC healthcare providers. Thirteen women were assigned to receive text messages within 24 hours of receipt of abnormal mammogram by TVHC (intervention group) and 16 to receive text messages four weeks later (delayed intervention group). .
  
  
  METHODS
  Number of days between the abnormal mammogram and the return for follow-up appointment. .
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median number of days from the abnormal mammogram report to the return for follow-up was 23 days for the intervention group and 59 days for the delayed intervention group (p = 0.0569). .
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study successfully developed a text message that, in Latinas, may decrease the time from receipt of an abnormal mammogram report to attendance at a follow-up visit. .
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This simple, low-cost approach could result in earlier detection of breast cancers, lowering morbidity and mortality among Latinas.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention Institute of California.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oakley-Girvan
authors.affiliation: Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Londono
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention Institute of California.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Canchola
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention Institute of California.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watkins Davis
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D060145:Text Messaging
keywords: Patient education; breast cancer; care of the medically underserved; cultural competence; detection; prevention