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Breast Cancer Screening Evidence-Based Programs Listing

Examples of Interventions to reduce structural barriers for clients, which are recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force
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Program Area Sub Categories Population Focus Suitable Settings Level of Change Program Focus Community Type Age Age Sex Race/Ethnicity Origination Program Materials Language Purpose Program URL Sub Topics
Breast Health Education Among Hispanic Elderly Women
Intervention Category: Patient Navigation Services to Increase Cancer Screening, Group education interventions, Client reminder interventions, Multicomponent Interventions and Interventions to reduce structural barriers for clients
Breast Cancer Screening Adults; Health Care Providers or Staff; People with Lower SES Community-Based Settings; Health Care Facilities Individual; Interpersonal; Organizational or System Cognitive or Psychosocial Determinants; Healthcare Satisfaction and/or Utilization; Policy, Systems, or Environmental Change Not Specified 65+ Years (Older Adults) 65+ Years Female Hispanic or Latino United States Spanish Designed to promote mammography screening by increasing awareness of breast cancer and addressing barriers to obtaining a mammogram. https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/programDetails.do?programId=312766
Kukui Ahi (Light the Way): Patient Navigation
Intervention Category: Patient Navigation Services to Increase Cancer Screening, Group education interventions, Client reminder interventions, Multicomponent Interventions and Interventions to reduce structural barriers for clients
Breast Cancer Screening; Cervical Cancer Screening; Colorectal Cancer Screening; Prostate Cancer Screening Medicare or Medicaid Beneficiaries; Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Underserved Rural Communities Email, Website, Phone, Postal Mail, or Mass Media; Health Care Facilities Individual Cognitive or Psychosocial Determinants; Healthcare Satisfaction and/or Utilization; Patient Navigation Rural 65+ Years (Older Adults) 65+ Years Female; Male Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander United States English Designed to promote cancer screening among adults. https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/programDetails.do?programId=26140843
Reducing Barriers to the Use of Breast Cancer Screening
Intervention Category: One-on-one education interventions and Interventions to reduce structural barriers for clients
Breast Cancer Screening Health Care Providers or Staff Health Care Facilities Interpersonal Cognitive or Psychosocial Determinants; Healthcare Satisfaction and/or Utilization Suburban or Urban 40-65 Years (Adults); 65+ Years (Older Adults) 40-65 Years ; 65+ Years Female United States English The physician intervention aims to increase the breast cancer screening practices of community-based physicians. https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/programDetails.do?programId=127195