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Breast Cancer Screening
Community/church-based education may increase mammography rates for African-American women
February 9th, 2006
Community- and/or church-based education programs may increase mammography rates for rural African-American women. "The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a church-based breast cancer screening education program on mammography attainment by African American women 40 years old and older in rural Alabama," reported scientists from the University of Alabama. "The sample consisted of 192 women who volunteered to participate in the study through 13 African American churches in a rural, economically-depressed Alabama county The design was quasi-experimental and had some features of community-based participatory research," wrote...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)
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