ancer, shyness at physical examination, lack of transportation, fear of a large, technical medical center, and individual appointments.
However, after the intervention, community screening rates were almost five times higher than at baseline. It was concluded that the intervention was successful in overcoming organizational, economic, and cultural barriers to cancer screening among older Cambodian women in this setting.
The goal of a study conducted by Navaro, Senn, Kaplan, McNicholas, Campo and Roppe (1995) was to describe the development and implementation of an intervention on cancer prevention for Hispanic-American women living in San Diego, California. Thirty-six lay community workers ("consejeras") were recruited and trained to conduct educational group sessions.
Each consejera recruited approximately 14 peers from the community to participate in the program (total number = 512). Half of the consejeras were randomly assigned to a control group, in which they participated in an equally engaging program entitled "Commu
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