Creating a patient navigation model to address cervical cancer disparities in a rural Hispanic farmworker community

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Nov;23(4):1712-8. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0159.

Abstract

This report describes the implementation of a pilot patient navigation (PN) program created to address cervical cancer disparities in a predominantly Hispanic agricultural community. Since November 2009, a patient navigator has provided services to patients of Catholic Mobile Medical Services (CMMS). The PN program has resulted in the need for additional clinic sessions to accommodate the demand for preventive care at CMMS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Patient Navigation / methods
  • Patient Navigation / organization & administration*
  • Rural Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / ethnology