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A Systematic Review Of Mammography Educational Interventions For Low-Income Women, Tatiana Bailey, Jorge Delva, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Kristine Siefert, Amid I. Ismail
A Systematic Review Of Mammography Educational Interventions For Low-Income Women, Tatiana Bailey, Jorge Delva, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Kristine Siefert, Amid I. Ismail
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Objective
We conducted a systematic review to examine the effectiveness of educational interventions in increasing mammography screening among low-income women.
Data Sources
Bibliographic databases, including MEDLINE, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the ISI Web of Science, were searched for relevant articles.
Study Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Randomized, community-based trials targeting low-income women and published between January 1980 and March 2003 were included.
Data Extraction
The search yielded 242 studies; 24 met all inclusion criteria.
Data Synthesis
Three studies used mammography vans, three used low-cost vouchers or provided free mammograms, three used …