Effect of a Cancer Screening Intervention Conducted by Lay Health Workers Among Inner-City Women
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePublished 1 January 1997
John F. C. Sung, Daniel S. Blumenthal, Ralph J. Coates, J. E. Williams, Ernest Alema‐Mensah, Jonathan M. Liff
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LHWs' intervention appeared to improve the rate at which inner-city women obtained CBEs and mammograms, but had no effect on Pap smears.
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LHWs' intervention appeared to improve the rate at which inner-city women obtained CBEs and mammograms, but had no effect on Pap smears. A high attrition rate weakened our ability to make conclusive statements about the exact impact of the intervention.
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