Economic evaluation of a community health worker-led health literacy intervention to promote cancer screening among Korean American women.
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SUBMITTER: Schuster AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4756395 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
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Economic evaluation of a community health worker-led health literacy intervention to promote cancer screening among Korean American women.
Schuster Anne L AL Frick Kevin D KD Huh Bo-Yun BY Kim Kim B KB Kim Miyong M Han Hae-Ra HR
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 20150501 2
<h4>Objective</h4>The study's objectives were to calculate the costs and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of implementing a health literacy-focused intervention to promote breast and cervical cancer screenings among Korean American women overdue for these tests.<h4>Methods</h4>Researchers estimated the costs of a cluster-randomized controlled trial that evaluated this intervention. Effectiveness was measured as the number of breast or cervical cancer screenings received by women in either the int ...[more]
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