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01-06-2010

Community Health Workers Speak Out About the Kin Keeper^SM Model

Authors: Shimaa M. Mousa, Emily Brooks, Monika Dietrich, Aisha Henderson, Casey McLean, Karen Patricia Williams

Published in: Journal of Cancer Education | Issue 2/2010

Abstract

Community health workers (CHWs) informed students and researcher alike on the Kin Keeper^SM Cancer Prevention Intervention. Students interested in medicine, guided by faculty, conducted a focus group session with 13 CHWs to find out if the intervention was effective for delivering breast and cervical cancer education. Strengths reported were (1) cultural appropriateness, (2) home visits, (3) CHW resource kits, and (4) increased awareness. The barriers were privacy perceptions and scheduling home visits. Overall, the CHWs indicated that the intervention was effective and flexible enough to accommodate the African American, Latina, and Arab groups of women.

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Title: Community Health Workers Speak Out About the Kin KeeperSM Model
Authors: Shimaa M. Mousa
Emily Brooks
Monika Dietrich
Aisha Henderson
Casey McLean
Karen Patricia Williams
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Cancer Education / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0885-8195
Electronic ISSN: 1543-0154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-010-0049-2

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