2 results match your criteria: "University of Maryland Statewide Health Network[Affiliation]"

Increasing pap smear utilization among Samoan women: results from a community based participatory randomized trial.

J Health Care Poor Underserved

May 2009

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Statewide Health Network, 401 W Redwood Street, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

Background: We tested the effectiveness of a theory-guided, culturally tailored cervical cancer education program designed to increase Pap smear use among Samoan women residing in the U.S. Territory of American Samoa.

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Results of a randomized trial to increase mammogram usage among Samoan women.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

December 2007

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Statewide Health Network, 401 W. Redwood Street, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

Background: There are no effective breast cancer education programs targeting Samoan women. We tested the effectiveness of a theory-guided, culturally appropriate breast cancer education program (the intervention) designed to increase mammography use among Samoan women.

Methods: This community-based participatory cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial used a parallel two-group design.

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