Like the First Edition, this book serves as guide to the science and art of community health
promotion. The last decade of research and development has considerably advanced the …

Purpose: Most research on preventive health behaviors has focused on individual rather
than groups of behaviors. This study examined interrelationships among multiple preventive …

Background. Cervical cancer screening is not fully utilized among all groups of women in the
United States, especially women without access to health care and older women. Methods …

Abstract The FoCaS (Forsyth County Cancer Screening) Project was one of six projects
funded by the National Cancer Institute “Public Health Approaches to Breast and Cervical …

Objective: Although cervical cancer is one of the potentially most preventable malignancies,
it is still fairly common. In settings with established screening programs, increased …

Background: One of the major challenges of the Brazilian Ministry of Health is to foster
interest in breast cancer screening (BCS), especially among women at high risk. Strategies …

BACKGROUND.: Breast cancer accounts for the largest proportion of female cancer deaths
and new cases in New South Wales (NSW). Biennial screening is recommended for women …

Introduction Little is known about what clinic-level factors differentiate community health
centers that achieve high performance on cancer-preventive care metrics. This study aims to …

Introduction: Mammography is underused by certain groups of women, in particular poor
and minority women. We developed a lay health advisor (LHA) intervention based on …

Background: Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are dramatically higher among
low-income women than in the general population, in part due to poor adherence to …