Using a Lay Health Worker Program to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Income Hispanic Women
Using a Lay Health Worker Program to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Income Hispanic Women
The primary purpose of this study is to train community health workers (promotoras) from the
 Prosalud promotora program to implement the Cultivando la Salud (CLS) breast and cervical
 cancer screening program, to adapt and deliver the CLS intervention program for
 Hispanic/Latina women in the Greater Houston Area, and to evaluate the process and effect of
 the adapted CLS program on increasing mammography and cervical cancer screening.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  women who identify as Hispanic/Latina ancestry or descent and live in the Greater
 Houston Area in Texas

 -  no previous diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Pregnant women, and women who are adherent to screening guidelines

 -  prior or current cancer diagnosis