Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · Mar 2010
Evidence-based intervention to reduce access barriers to cervical cancer screening among underserved Chinese American women.
The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a community-based pilot intervention that combined cervical cancer education with patient navigation on cervical cancer screening behaviors among Chinese American women residing in New York City. ⋯ Community-based programs that provide combined education and patient navigation may be effective in overcoming the extensive linguistic and access barriers to screening faced by Chinese American women.
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Journal of women's health · Mar 2010
Identification of ovarian cancer symptoms in health insurance claims data.
Women with ovarian cancer have reported abdominal/pelvic pain, bloating, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, and urinary frequency/urgency prior to diagnosis. We explored these findings in a general population using a dataset of insured women aged 40-64 and investigated the potential effectiveness of a routine review of claims data as a prescreen to identify women at high risk for ovarian cancer. ⋯ These results support previous findings that ovarian cancer symptoms were reported in health insurance claims and were more prevalent before diagnosis, but the symptoms may occur too close to the diagnosis date to provide useful diagnostic information. The passive screening approach should be reevaluated in the future using electronic medical records; if found to be effective, the method may be potentially useful for other incident diseases.
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Journal of women's health · Mar 2010
Factors associated with control of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes among low-income women in West Virginia.
Adequate control of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes, requires management. Low-income women living in rural areas with limited health services may experience special challenges in managing chronic conditions. ⋯ High proportions of women in the WV-WISEWOMAN project had uncontrolled hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes at baseline. These study results should be used to inform programs seeking to increase access to health services in order to reduce consequences of uncontrolled chronic conditions.