TABLE 1.
Study | Location | Description of Participants |
Theoretical Foundation |
Intervention Development Strategy |
Intervention Components |
Outcome Evaluation Design |
Cervical Cancer Screening Outcomes |
Joint Targeting of Breast Cancer Screening |
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Bastani et al. (2002) [85] |
CA | Multiethnic female health department patients; ≥ 18 years old (N=18,642, 57.5% Hispanic) |
N.D. | N.D. | System changes to hospital and clinic protocols, physician and patient education, and expanded capacity |
Quasi- experimental non- equivalent control group design over 2.5 years |
↑ screening (p<0.05) in some clinical settings |
No |
Batal et al. (2000) [86] |
CO | Female urgent care patients; 18– 70 years old (N=197; 52% Hispanic) |
N.D. | N.D. | System changes to routinely offer screening to clinic patients needing a pelvic exam |
Experimental 2- group randomized trial with pre-test and 6-month follow-up |
↑ screening (p<0.01) |
No |
Burger et al. (1995) [87] |
CA | Uninsured women; >18 years old (N=126; 83% Hispanic) |
N.D. | N.D. | Educational pamphlet and free screening and excision services offered to clinic patients |
Single group with pre-test and immediate post-test |
N.D. | No |
Byrd et al. (2012) [70]; Byrd et al (2013) [71] |
TX; WA | Women of Mexican-origin (N=613) |
HBM; TRA; TTM; SCT |
CBPR; IM | LHAs led one-on-one educational sessions that included a video only, a flip chart only, or a video and flip chart |
Experimental 4- group randomized trial evaluating intervention and specific intervention materials with pre-test and 6- month follow-up |
↑ screening in intervention groups (p<0.0001) results in 2 out of 3 sites |
No |
Davis et al. (1994) [88] |
CA | Female parishioners; ≥21 years old (educational sessions: N=943; 35% Hispanic; screening sessions: N=490; 76% Hispanic) |
SIT | N.D. | LHAs from participating churches led one-time educational sessions and free screening was conducted at church |
Baseline assessment of screening history with tracking of follow-up screening rates |
98% of Hispanic women identified for screening and an additional 94 Hispanic women presented for screening |
No |
Dietrich et al. (2006) [89] |
NY | Low-income and minority female health center patients; 50–69 years old (N=1413; 63% Spanish primary language) |
N.D. | N.D. | Clinic staff conducted outreach using repeated phone calls over an 18-month period |
Experimental 2- group randomized trial with pre-test and 3-month follow-up |
↑ screening (p<0.001) |
Yes |
Duggan et al. (2012) [72] |
WA | Hispanic female health center patients; 21–64 years old (N=600) |
SCT | Intervention video from Byrd et al. (2012) [70]; Byrd et al. (2013) [71] |
LHAs led one-time one- on-one educational sessions using a video and helped participants schedule screening or participants were shown a video only |
Experimental parallel randomized trial evaluating LHA intervention and video only |
Outcome data not available |
No |
Fernández et al. (2005) [54]; Fernández et al. (2009) [11] |
CA; TX; NM |
Hispanic farmworker women; ≥ 50 years old (N=497) |
N.D. | CBPR; IM | LHAs led one-time one-on-one educational sessions and made follow-up phone calls with participants |
Quasi- experimental with intervention and comparison communities and with pre-test and 6-month follow-up |
↑ screening (p<0.05) |
Yes |
Fernández- Esquer et al. (2003) [51]; Ramirez et al. (1995) [52]; McAlister et al. (1995) [53] |
TX | Mexican American women; ≥ 18 years old (N=1804) |
SLT; DOI; HBM; TRA |
N.D. | LHAs served as role models in mass media campaign messages and distributed intervention materials |
Quasi- experimental with intervention and comparison communities and with pre-test, 24- month follow-up, and 36-month follow-up |
↑ screening among women <40 years old who had previously not adhered to screening recommendations (p<0.05) |
Yes |
Frank- Stromborg et al. (1998) [55] |
IL | Rural Latina women (N=81) |
N.D. | Intervention model from Navarro et al. (1998) [63] |
LHAs promoted 5-day program that included educational sessions, free transportation, screening, translation, and childcare |
Single group with pre-test and immediate post- test |
N.D. | Yes |
Hansen et al. (2005) [56] |
TX | Hispanic women; >18 years old (N=141) |
N.D. | N.D. | Cancer survivor LHAs promoted screening within social networks |
Tracking screenings over 13 months |
43 out of 141 women contacted by the LHAs received screening |
Yes |
Hunter et al. (2004) [84] |
AZ | Uninsured Hispanic women ≥40 years old (N=101) |
N.D. | N.D. | LHAs conducted home visits to follow-up with patients who had received screening postcard reminding them to schedule their next annual screening or patients received reminder postcard only |
Experimental 2 group randomized trial |
Trend toward higher rate of screening in intervention group than in comparison group (N.S.) |
Yes |
Larkey (2006) [59] |
AZ | Latina women; ≥ 18 years old (N=457) |
N.D. | N.D. | LHAs led 6 bimonthly church- and home- based small-group educational sessions |
Single group with pre-test and immediate post- test |
39% of participants who had previously not adhered to screening recommendations had received screening by post-test |
Yes |
Larkey et al. (2009) [73]; Larkey et al. (2012) [74] |
AZ | Latina women due for cancer screening; ≥ 18 years old (N=1006 randomized; N=509 evaluable) |
N.D. | CBPR; intervention model from Larkey (2006) [59] |
LHAs led 7 weekly social support group or one-on-one educational sessions |
Experimental 2- group cluster- randomized trial comparing social support group and one-on-one interventions with pre-test, 3-month follow-up, and 15- month follow-up |
Trend toward higher screening rates in one-on- one intervention (N.S.) |
Yes |
Lopez & Castro (2006); [60] Castro et al. (1995) [61] |
AZ | Hispanic female church members; ≥ 18 years old (N=447) |
N.D. | N.D. | LHAs led church-based small group educational sessions and helped facilitate screening |
Experimental 2- group randomized trial with pre-test and 12-month follow-up |
N.S. | Yes |
Luque et al. (2011) [75]; Watson- Johnson et al. (2012) [76] |
GA | Hispanic farmworker women (N=7 LHAs) |
Popular Education; SCT |
N.D. | LHAs were trained using 2-session curriculum |
N.D. | N.D. | No |
Meade et al. (2002) [62] |
FL | Hispanic farmworker women; ≥ 18 years old (N=65) |
N.D. | N.D. | LHAs led one-time small-group educational sessions and helped schedule screenings |
Single group with pre-test, immediate post- test and 6-week follow-up |
50% of participants eligible for screening had received screening by 6- week follow-up |
Yes |
Moore- Monroy et al. (2013) [94] |
AZ | Predominantly Latina women; ≥ 18 years old (Study 1: N=174; Study 2: N=837, 96.8% Hispanic or Latina) |
N.D. | CBPA | LHAs led one-time one- on-one and small- group educational sessions |
N.D. | N.D. | No |
Morgan & Levin (1995) [90] |
NY | Female home health care attendants (N=1411; 61.8% Hispanic) |
N.D. | N.D. | One-time in-service training program |
N.D. | N.D. | No |
Navarro et al. (1998) [63] |
CA | Latina women (N=512) |
SLT | N.D. | LHAs led 12 weekly small-group educational sessions |
Experimental 2- group cluster- randomized trial with pre-test, immediate post- test, 12-month follow-up, and 24- month follow-up |
Trend toward higher rate of screening in intervention group than in comparison group (N.S.) |
Yes |
Navarro et al. (2007) [64]; Navarro et al. (2007) [65] |
CA | Latina women (N=311 primary participants and N=269 "learning partners") |
N.D. | N.D. | LHAs led 12 weekly and 2 monthly small- group educational sessions and participants shared information with up to 2 additional "learning partners" |
Single group with pre-test and 6- month follow-up |
↑ screening among primary participants (p<0.01) and “learning partners” (p<0.05) (statistically significant) |
Yes |
Nuño et al. (2011) [77]; Nuño et al. (2011) [78] |
AZ | Hispanic women; ≥ 50 years old (N=381) |
SCT | Intervention model from Lopez & Castro (2006) [60] and Castro et al. (1995) [61] |
LHAs led one-time small-group educational sessions with optional booster course after 1 year |
Experimental 2- group randomized trial |
↑ screening within past two years (p=0.007) |
Yes |
O'Brien et al. (2010) [66] |
PA | Hispanic women; 18–65 years old (N=120) |
HBM | CBPR | LHAs led 2 small- group educational sessions |
Experimental 2- group delayed intervention randomized trial with pre-test and 6-month follow-up |
↑ screening (p=0.004) |
No |
Ramirez et al. (1999) [67] |
TX | Hispanic women (N=212) |
N.D. | N.D. | LHAs served as role models in mass media campaign messages and distributed intervention materials |
Quasi- experimental with intervention and comparison communities with as pre-test and 24- month follow-up |
↑ screening adherence (p<0.018) |
No |
Saad- Harfouche et al. (2011) [58]; Sudarsan et al. (2011) [80]; Jandorf et al. (2012) [81]; Jandorf et al. (2008) [57] |
AR; NY | Latina women (87%) and men (13%); >18 years old; predominantly Spanish-speaking (N=1,233); primary analysis only included data from women |
SCT | CBPR; PEN-3 Model; adaptation of intervention promoting BC screening among African- American women [112] |
LHAs, including cancer survivors, led one-time small-group educational session and helped navigate screening |
Experimental 2- group cluster- randomized trial with pre-test, immediate post- test, 2-month follow-up, and 8- month follow-up |
↑ screening (p=0.08) at 2 month follow-up within smaller sub-study of women |
Yes |
Scarinci et al (2012) [79] |
AL | Latina immigrant women (N=543) |
HBM | PEN-3, IM | LHAs led 6 small- group and 2 one-on- one educational sessions |
Experimental 2- group cluster- randomized trial with pre-test, immediate post- test, 12-month follow-up, and 24- month follow-up |
Outcome data not available |
No |
Sheridan- Leos (1995) [68] |
TX | Hispanic women (N=100) |
Adult Education Theory |
N.D. | Interactive game played in small groups with an instructor |
Qualitative post- test with sample of participants |
N.D. | No |
Suarez et al. (1993) [92]; Suarez et al. (1993) [91] |
TX | Mexican- American and black women; 40– 70 years old (N=189; 56.6% Mexican American) |
SLT | N.D. | LHAs served as role models in campaign messages and distributed intervention materials |
Pre-test and post- test at beginning and end of 2.5- year intervention period with random sample of participants |
N.S. | Yes |
Suarez et al. (1997) [83] |
TX | Mexican- American women; ≥ 40 years old (2 independent samples of 923 each for pre-test and post-test) |
SCT | Intervention model from Fernández- Esquer et al. (2003) [51], Ramirez et al. (1995) [52], and McAlister et al. (1995) [53] |
LHAs served as role models in campaign messages and distributed intervention materials |
Quasi- experimental with intervention and comparison communities and with pre-test and 3-year follow-up |
N.S. | Yes |
Warren et al. (2006) [69] |
VA | Latina women; ≥ 40 years old (N=928) |
N.D. | N.D. | One-time small-group education sessions and free screening services and educational programs offered one day per month |
Tracking number of screenings provided over 6- month intervention period |
928 screening visits completed (439 first-time participants) |
Yes |
White et al. (2012) [82] |
AL | Foreign-born Latina immigrant women (N=782) |
N.D. | CBPR; Empowerment Model; PEN-3 Model |
LHAs organized one- time luncheons in churches facilitated by physicians and cancer survivors; participants were able to schedule low-cost and free screening appointments and follow-up care |
Tracking of screenings |
80% of participants scheduled a screening appointment; 65% of those who scheduled appointments attended the visit |
Yes |
Yancey et al. (1995) [93] |
CA; NY | Predominantly African American and Latina female community health center patients (N=1744; 65.1% Latina) |
N.D. | N.D. | Educational videos in clinic waiting rooms |
Quasi- experimental 1- week-on-1-week- off design |
↑ screening (p<0.05) |
N.D. |
Note. CBPA, community-based participatory action; CBPR, community-based participatory research; DOI, diffusion of innovations; HBM, health belief model; IM, intervention mapping; LHA, lay health advisor; N.D., not described; N.S., not significant; SCT, social cognitive theory; SIT, social influence theory; SLT, social learning theory; TRA, theory of reasoned action; TTM, transtheoretical model