Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Increasing breast and cervical cancer screening in low-income women.
To determine if women would have higher breast and cervical cancer screening rates if lay health advisers recommended screening and offered a convenient screening opportunity. ⋯ Breast and cervical cancer screening rates were improved in women attending non-primary-care outpatient clinics by using lay health advisers and a nurse practitioner to perform screening. The effect was strongest in women in greatest need of screening.