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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Moyer, Cheryl A.a | Lennartz, Heidib | Moore, Alexis A.c | Earp, Jo Anne L.b; c; *
Affiliations: [a] The Consortium for Health Outcomes, Inno-vation, and Cost Effectiveness Studies (CHOICES), Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, University of Michigan, 1952 Clinical Faculty Office Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0704, USA | [b] Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, CB#7400, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, USA | [c] North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7295, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Jo Anne L. Earp, ScD, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, CB #7400, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 72599-7400, North Carolina, USA. Tel.: +1 919 966 3903; Fax: +1 919 966 2921; E-mail: jearp@sph.unc.edu
Abstract: The use of routine mammography screening is associated with earlier breast cancer detection and decreased mortality. Several researchers have identified mammographers as potentially effective agents for encouraging patients to engage in routine screening. Mammographers are particularly well situated within the health care system to address patients’ knowledge, psychological, and cultural barriers to routine screening. Few opportunities exist, however, for mammographers to acquire skills in providing culturally-sensitive patient education and emotional assessment to help women overcome such barriers. In 1997 the North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program (NC-BCSP) developed and implemented an innovative, two-hour training program to help mammographers address the educational and psychosocial needs of rural, African American women in eastern North Carolina. NC-BCSP’s extensive survey data (n = 2000), as well as qualitative data from 25 focus groups conducted with more than 200 rural African American women, were used to develop a curriculum titled Expanding the Role of Mammographers. It was the first American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) accredited training program for mammographers in North Carolina that solely addressed psychosocial topics. The curriculum emphasized mammographers’ potential impact on women’s attitudes and behavioral intentions, and taught communication strategies to enhance mammographer-patient interaction. It included supplemental learning materials, skill-building exercises, and patient education materials to assist participants in applying new skills and knowledge. Of the 33 mammographers invited to the training, 19 attended. A structured evaluation form, completed by 18 participants, conveyed positive reactions to the intervention. This training workshop was conducted as part of NC-BCSP’s much larger, community-based intervention; as such, it was not independently evaluated. NC-BCSP’s broader intervention appears to be associated, however, with positive population-level changes in breast cancer awareness and mammography use.
DOI: 10.3233/BD-2001-13103
Journal: Breast Disease, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 13-19, 2001
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