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Volume 2: No. 4, October 2005

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Effect of Two Church-based Interventions on Breast Cancer Screening Rates Among Medicaid-Insured Latinas

Study Group Promotora Intervention (PI) Printed Statewide Intervention (PSI)
Baseline % Follow-up % Baseline % Follow-up %
Latinas 25.0 29.8 44.9 43.4
Non-Latina whites 31.7 37.8 41.2 43.9

Figure 1. Unadjusted biennial mammogram rates in Colorado during baseline (January 1998–December 1999) and follow-up (January 2000–December 2001) periods for Latinas and non-Latina whites, by intervention.

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Intervention Baseline Follow-up
Promotora intervention (PI) .36 .62
Printed statewide intervention (PSI) 1 .86

Figure 2. Adjusted odds of having a mammogram during baseline (January 1998–December 1999) and follow-up (January 2000–December 2001) periods by intervention for Medicaid-enrolled Latinas in Colorado. Odds calculated using generalized estimating equations (GEE) (interaction time x intervention, P = .07).

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Intervention Baseline Follow-up
Promotora intervention (PI) .63 1.15
Printed statewide intervention (PSI) 1 1.12

Figure 3. Adjusted odds of having a mammogram during baseline (January 1998–December 1999) and follow-up (January 2000–December 2001) periods by intervention for Medicaid-enrolled non-Latina whites in Colorado. Odds calculated using generalized estimating equations (GEE) (interaction time x intervention, P  = .10).

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