Publications by authors named "Lashawn Wordlaw-Stinson"
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- The paper talks about why some women don't go back for check-ups after finding something unusual in their Pap test, which can lead to worse health and higher costs.
- Researchers surveyed two groups of women: those who followed up and those who didn’t, finding it harder to reach the women who didn't follow up.
- The paper suggests four ideas to help understand why some women skip their follow-up care and how to encourage them to go.
Background: In Georgia an estimated 32% of blacks and 28% of whites have high blood pressure. In 2004 the rate of death from stroke in Georgia was 12% higher than the national average, and blacks in the state have a 1.4 times greater rate of death from stroke than that of whites.
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