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Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico.


ABSTRACT: We conducted a pilot test of a patient navigation intervention (Una Mano Amiga) to address cancer health disparities in three rural counties in southwest New Mexico. We trained two bilingual lay health workers (promotoras) as patient navigators (PNs) to help adult cancer patients and their participating families in Grant, Luna, and Hidalgo counties "navigate" the health care system, including appropriate access to social and financial services. Our hypothesized outcome was a reduction in time from diagnosis to treatment initiation compared to the average time without PNs in each of the three counties (2000-2009). We enrolled 85 eligible patients and 43 eligible family members who had completed psychosocial and demographic forms in this PN intervention. Mean time from cancer diagnosis to treatment initiation among 41 study patients was 59.6 days across the three counties. Mean time from non-intervention comparison data was 47.1 days. In the intervention group, on a 0-10 satisfaction scale (higher = more), patient mean scores for three items ranged from 9.3 to 9.6, family members, 8.9-9.3. Caregiver stress as measured by a Caregiver Self-Assessment score ? 10 (highest stress = 16) decreased from 23.8% of caregivers at study entry to 14.3% at follow-up (not statistically significantly different). Although the PN intervention did not decrease time from diagnosis to treatment initiation compared to three comparison counties, positive reactions of patients and family members support further research with larger samples.

SUBMITTER: Vilchis H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871533 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico.

Vilchis Hugo H   Onstad Lynn E LE   Benavidez Rachel R   Castillo Rebecca R   Bush Nigel N   Sanchez Janet J   O'Connell Mary M   Thompson Beti B   Moinpour Carol M CM  

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 20190201 1


We conducted a pilot test of a patient navigation intervention (Una Mano Amiga) to address cancer health disparities in three rural counties in southwest New Mexico. We trained two bilingual lay health workers (promotoras) as patient navigators (PNs) to help adult cancer patients and their participating families in Grant, Luna, and Hidalgo counties "navigate" the health care system, including appropriate access to social and financial services. Our hypothesized outcome was a reduction in time fr  ...[more]

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