Salud es Vida: Development of a Cervical Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach with Latina Farmworkers

Authors

John S. Luque, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Mondi Mason, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Andrea Hinojosa, Southeast Georgia Communities ProjectFollow
Cathy D. Meade, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Publication Title

American Journal of Public Health

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2011.300324

ISSN

1541-0048

Abstract

We developed and evaluated a lay health worker curriculum intended to educate Hispanic farmworker women on cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and the HPV vaccine. We pilot tested the curriculum in 2010 with 7 volunteer promotoras for readability, attractiveness, content, comprehension, cultural appropriateness, persuasion, structure and organization of lessons, balance between didactic and participatory activities, and ease of diffusion to community members. Peer-led cervical cancer prevention education is a practical option for low-income, Hispanic farmworker women in newer immigrant-receiving areas of the United States with fewer Spanish-speaking health professionals.

Recommended Citation

Luque, John S., Mondi Mason, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Andrea Hinojosa, Cathy D. Meade. 2011. "Salud es Vida: Development of a Cervical Cancer Education Curriculum for Promotora Outreach with Latina Farmworkers." American Journal of Public Health, 101 (12): 2233-2235. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300324 pmid: 22021295
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