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Conducting Outreach to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Among Underscreened Patients at an Urban Community Health Center
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Letter and informational sheet, Email, and 2 other interventions for Uterine Cervical Neoplasms. Completed, enrolled 1,100 participants.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this project is to determine whether outreach to HIV-negative patients who are overdue for a Pap smear at a New England urban community health center can increase cervical cancer screening rates. It additionally seeks to determine which form of outreach - via letter, email, phone, or a mixture of those modalities- is most effective among these patients.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The patients in this group will be mailed a letter at time 0. The letter will inform the patient that she is overdue for a Pap and will also contain an informational sheet about cervical cancer and Pap tests.
The same text shared in the letter will be sent as an email to the patients in this intervention group, again at time 0, 1, and 2 months, as necessary for nonresponders.
The patient will be telephoned and informed that they are due for a Pap, and given the opportunity to schedule an appointment over the phone immediately. Patients will be contacted at time 0, 1, and 2 months as necessary for nonresponders.
The patient will be sent a letter/informational sheet at time 0. If she does not respond within one month, she will be sent an email. If she does not respond by 2 months after the start of the intervention period, she will be called.