Increasing Referral Acceptance for Women's Health Services Among Hispanic Women.
Nurs Womens Health
; 28(4): 296-302, 2024 08.
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| ID: mdl-38761817
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effect of an individualized educational intervention on women's health referral acceptance rates among Hispanic women.DESIGN:
Quality improvement (QI) project. SETTING/LOCALPROBLEM:
Barriers to cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women include a lack of access to women's health services and a lack of knowledge related to cervical cancer risk factors. Primary care providers at two medical clinics in eastern Pennsylvania did not routinely discuss cervical cancer risk factors, provide well-woman care, or perform cervical cancer screening during office visits. This gap in preventive care provided an opportunity for quality improvement.PARTICIPANTS:
A convenience sample of 65 self-identified Hispanic women presenting for primary care office visits. INTERVENTION/MEASUREMENTS Each consenting participant received a one-on-one education session lasting 5 to 10 minutes regarding individual risk factors for cervical cancer. Each woman was offered a referral for a well-woman examination, with or without cervical cancer screening. Data collection included the participant's response to the offered referral.RESULTS:
The majority of participants who received the educational intervention (96.9%, n = 63) accepted referrals for women's health services.CONCLUSION:
An educational intervention discussing individual cervical cancer risk factors was associated with increased women's health referral acceptance rates among Hispanic women.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Encaminhamento e Consulta
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Serviços de Saúde da Mulher
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Hispânico ou Latino
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Womens Health
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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OBSTETRICIA
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PERINATOLOGIA
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SAUDE DA MULHER
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos