Why a Peer Intervention Program for Mexican-American Women Failed to Modify the Secular Trend in Cancer Screening
Author: Suarez, Lucina
Date Published: 1997
This research study evaluated an intervention program for Mexican-American women to increase Pap smear and mammography screening. The three-year intervention included the presentation of role models in the media and reinforcement by peer volunteers. Activities were targeted to a mainly Spanish-speaking, poverty-level, immigrant population. It was concluded that the peer intervention failed to accelerate the secular trend in cancer screening in low-income Mexican-American women.
Date Published: 1997
This research study evaluated an intervention program for Mexican-American women to increase Pap smear and mammography screening. The three-year intervention included the presentation of role models in the media and reinforcement by peer volunteers. Activities were targeted to a mainly Spanish-speaking, poverty-level, immigrant population. It was concluded that the peer intervention failed to accelerate the secular trend in cancer screening in low-income Mexican-American women.
