Table 5.
Author, publication year | Study design | Assignment unit | Intervention component(s) | Evaluation method | Main finding(s) |
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Bird, 1998 (36) | Quasi-experimental | Community | Group educational sessions delivered by lay health workers Print educational materials Health fairs |
Pre- and post-intervention cross-sectional surveys | Effective in increasing Pap testing use |
Jenkins, 1999 37) | Quasi-experimental | Community | Vietnamese language media campaign Audio-visual and print educational materials |
Pre- and post-intervention cross-sectional surveys | No effect on Pap testing behavior Increased Pap testing intentions |
Nguyen, 2006(27) | Quasi-experimental | Community | Vietnamese language media campaign Print educational materials Community capacity-building activities c |
Pre- and post-intervention cross-sectional surveys | Effective in increasing Pap testing use |
Mock, 2007 (40) | Randomized controlled trial b | Individual | Group educational sessions delivered by lay health workers | Survey four months after randomization | Effective in increasing Pap testing use |
All the studies included women aged 18 years and older.
Women in a community with an ongoing Pap testing Vietnamese language media campaign were randomized to a combined intervention group (lay health worker plus media education) or a media education alone group.
Community capacity-building activities included restoration of a government-funded low cost screening program, a Pap testing clinic specifically for Vietnamese women, a Pap testing reminder system, and continuing medical education for Vietnamese physicians.