Facility Inreach Strategy to Promote Annual Mammography

Abstract

Six mammography facilities were recruited by March, 1996. Physician recruitment was completed in June, 1996. In total, 82 physicians are participating; participation rates ranged from 35-67 percent across facilities. Subject recruitment was completed in April, 1997. Women approached to participate: (a) had a participating physician, (b) were 50-74 years, (c) were asymptomatic, (d) had no personal history of breast cancer, and (e) spoke English or Spanish. Over the course of the 23 month recruitment period, 3,701 eligible women were approached and 1,971(53%) of those consented to participate. Of the 1,971 consenting women, 108 women subsequently had positive mammograms and were excluded from the study, leaving 1,863 subjects. All subjects were interviewed by phone regarding knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to mammography. Overall, 1,818 telephone interviews were completed; interviewing concluded in September, 1997. The intervention is ongoing through April, 1998. To date, 1,182 women have been randomly assigned to groups and outcome data have been collected for 14 waves of subjects (n=1,038). Outcome data collection will be completed in June, 1998.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA336843

Entities

People

  • Joni A. Mayer

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Attrition
  • Biopsy
  • Breast Cancer
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Health Services
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Physicians
  • Pilot Studies
  • Public Health
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • Urban Areas
  • Women'S Health

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.