CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Cancer Prevention & Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Group Education
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Description
Group education conveys information on indications for, benefits of, and ways to overcome barriers to screening with the goal of informing, encouraging, and motivating participants to seek recommended screening. Group education is usually conducted by health professionals or by trained lay people who use presentations or other teaching aids in a lecture or interactive format, and often incorporate role modeling or other methods. Group education can be given to a variety of groups, in different settings, and by different types of educators with different backgrounds and styles.
Impact
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of group education in increasing screening for cervical cancer based on the small number of studies with methodologic limitations and inconsistent findings.
Results / Accomplishments
Five studies qualified for the updated systematic review.
Pap tests: median increase of 10.6 percentage points (range 0 to 59.1; 4 studies)
One study reported mixed results for cervical cancer screening, depending on whether the results were reported at the group or individual level.
While these results were in the favorable direction, the studies had some methodological limitations.
Pap tests: median increase of 10.6 percentage points (range 0 to 59.1; 4 studies)
One study reported mixed results for cervical cancer screening, depending on whether the results were reported at the group or individual level.
While these results were in the favorable direction, the studies had some methodological limitations.
About this Promising Practice
Primary Contact
The Community Guide
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Topics
Health / Cancer
Source
Community Guide Branch Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
USA
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Target Audience
Adults, Women