Using Breast Cancer Survivors to Increase Mammography Use

摘要

The primary objectives for year two were to: recruit and train 6 breast cancer survivors and 6 community women without breast cancer for a program to train women to become breast health educators and to implement breast health education programs (Breast Health Symposia) in community churches. The goal of the program is to encourage participation in mammography among women, ages 40 and older, who have not had a mammogram within 12 months. A total of 8 breast cancer survivors and 9 women without the disease successfully completed a training program that was designed to enable them to effectively conduct breast health symposiums among churches located in South Central Los Angeles. The educators are similar in age, race and education. All trainees received a standardized training program that was led by the research team. Twenty churches were randomly assigned to one of two intervention groups. Group A, the control group, received breast health education from community educators. Group B received breast health education from breast cancer survivors.