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Estimating The Costs And Cost-Effectiveness Of Promoting Mammography Screening Among Us-Based Latinas, Yamilé Molina, Catherine M. Pichardo, Donald L. Patrick, Scott D. Ramsey, Sonia Bishop, Shirley A.A. Beresford Phd, Gloria Coronado

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Purpose: We characterize the costs and cost-effectiveness of a community health worker (CHW)-based intervention to promote screening mammography among US-based non-adherent Latinas.

Methods: The parent study was a randomized controlled trial for 536 Latinas aged 42-74 years old who had sought care within a safety net health center in Western Washington. Participants were block-randomized within clinic to the control arm (usual care) or intervention arm (CHW-led motivational interviewing intervention). We used the perspective of the organization implementing promotional activities to characterize costs and cost-effectiveness. Cost data were categorized as program set-up and maintenance (initial training, booster/annual training) program implementation (administrative …