Effectiveness of a Kansas City, Jail-Based Intervention to Improve Cervical Health Literacy and Screening, One-Year Post-Intervention
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: PURPOSE: To assess effectiveness, 1-year post-intervention, of a program delivered in jails with women to improve cervical health literacy (CHL) and up-to-date Papanicolaou (Pap) screening. DESIGN: Pre-post design to evaluate Pap screening and CHL effects 1 year after our original randomized wait-list control study. SETTING: Surveys conducted in Kansas City, 2015 to 2017 (baseline in 2014). PARTICIPANTS: Adult women (n = 133). INTERVENTION: One-week (10-contact-hour), small-group, CHL program. MEASURES: Surveys to assess CHL components and up-to-date Pap screening. ANALYSIS: tests, followed by best-subsets logistic regression using sociodemographic and CHL components to fit an optimal model for up-to-date screening 1-year post-intervention. RESULTS: < .05). Best-subset model to predict up-to-date screening included age; public benefits; medical insurance; 5 CHL components (knowledge, benefits, barriers, seriousness, susceptibility). CONCLUSION: A brief intervention to promote cervical health literacy, delivered with women during a jail detention, can lead to sustained improvements in CHL and prevention practices.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1352696252, Improving the Quality of Prenatal Care for Low-Income, Urban, Black Women, G289001638, Tri-City Cervical Cancer Prevention Study among Women in the Justice System, Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas, Sexual Health Empowerment for Jail-Involved Women's Health Literacy and Prevention
OpenAlex ID: W2962831779