title: Increasing Cancer Screening Among Old Order Anabaptist Women Through Specialized Women's Health and Integrated Cancer Screening Interventions.
abstract: Our objective was to develop, deliver, and evaluate a cancer screening intervention focused on rural Anabaptist communities in Ontario, Canada, to increase routine cancer screenings among women. We carried out three cancer prevention and screening interventions with Old Order Anabaptist women. Each intervention consisted of: transportation to the site, pre-arranged screening services, health teachings, fellowship and shopping, and an evaluative survey. Seventy five women total participated over three interventions. 85% of participants were under or never screened for cancer. This was the first breast screen for 26% of those who completed a mammogram and the first colon screen for 29% of the women who took home an FOBT collection kit. Reviews of the intervention were positive. Integration and community based planning were the primary reasons for the success of this cancer screening intervention. Intervention days were best timed in the early spring before planting or late fall after canning.
authors.affiliation: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.affiliation: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada. dionne.gesink@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Dionne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gesink
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002835:Christianity; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D009864:Ontario; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012424:Rural Population; D014186:Transportation / Q000379:methods; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: Amish; Cancer screening; Health intervention; Mennonite; Minority women’s health; Old Order Anabaptist