[article] | Title : | Strategy for sustaining cancer education services for underserved communities : for underserved communities | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Tat, John, Author ; Nguyen, Lhin T., Author ; Hung, Shen-Yiri Mandy, Author | | Publication Date: | 2017 | | Article on page: | p.33-38 | | Languages : | English (eng) |
in MEDSURG > Vol.26 No.1 (Jan-Feb) 2017 [04/26/2017] . - p.33-38| Keywords: | Cancer Education Service.Underserved Communities.Strategy for sustaining Cancer. | | Abstract: | Backgound. Sustaining proven health programs is a well-recognized public health challenge. The Asian Grocery Store-Based Cancer Education Program has been underway since 1994. After demonstrating the program's effectiveness in educating Asian and Pacific Islander women about the importance of early breast cancer detection, the research them evaluated if converting the program to a university-sanctioned student run club wolud be a viable strategy to sustain it.
Methods. Bilingual bicultural university students were recurited to staff the new students were recruited to staff the new students-run club and trained to implement its missions of promoting early breast cancer detection. Unobstrustive outcome measure were selected to evaluate club 's effectiveness during the 5 years post conversion. Results. The unobstrusive data gathered during those 5 years confirmed a university-sanctioned club's effectiveness during the 5 years post conversion.
Results. The unobtrusive data gathered during those 5 years confirmed a university-sanctioned club offered a viable long term strategy for sustaining the program.
Discussion. limited resource to support community-based strategy make it worthy of replication for further evaluation.
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[article] Strategy for sustaining cancer education services for underserved communities : for underserved communities [printed text] / Tat, John, Author ; Nguyen, Lhin T., Author ; Hung, Shen-Yiri Mandy, Author . - 2017 . - p.33-38. Languages : English ( eng)
in MEDSURG > Vol.26 No.1 (Jan-Feb) 2017 [04/26/2017] . - p.33-38| Keywords: | Cancer Education Service.Underserved Communities.Strategy for sustaining Cancer. | | Abstract: | Backgound. Sustaining proven health programs is a well-recognized public health challenge. The Asian Grocery Store-Based Cancer Education Program has been underway since 1994. After demonstrating the program's effectiveness in educating Asian and Pacific Islander women about the importance of early breast cancer detection, the research them evaluated if converting the program to a university-sanctioned student run club wolud be a viable strategy to sustain it.
Methods. Bilingual bicultural university students were recurited to staff the new students were recruited to staff the new students-run club and trained to implement its missions of promoting early breast cancer detection. Unobstrustive outcome measure were selected to evaluate club 's effectiveness during the 5 years post conversion. Results. The unobstrusive data gathered during those 5 years confirmed a university-sanctioned club's effectiveness during the 5 years post conversion.
Results. The unobtrusive data gathered during those 5 years confirmed a university-sanctioned club offered a viable long term strategy for sustaining the program.
Discussion. limited resource to support community-based strategy make it worthy of replication for further evaluation.
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Strategy for sustaining cancer education services for underserved communities / Tat, John in MEDSURG, Vol.26 No.1 (Jan-Feb) 2017 ([04/26/2017]) 
