Cancer Screening in Appalachia: A Common-Sense Approach
The intervention had a positive impact on lay understanding of cervical and colorectal cancer and increased intentions to have cancer screening. A larger, randomized control trial is merited to investigate the impact of the intervention on screening rates.
Authors
- Nancy E. Schoenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-6326)
- Kimberly M. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7006-3862)
- Electra D. Paskett
- Sabina O. Nduaguba
- Randi Shedlosky
- Nicole Yantes
Institutions
- West Virginia University (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- York College of Pennsylvania (US)
- Genesis HealthCare System (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-025-10423-5
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- West Virginia University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities