Improving Cervical Cancer Prevention Among Women Living With Chronic Conditions. Aim 3: Assess the Feasibility and Acceptability of the PINPOINT Intervention.
University of Florida
Summary
Our overarching goal is to adapt and test the PINPOINT intervention -PatIent Navigation for the Prevention of CervIcal CaNcer inTervention. We will test the PINPOINT intervention among patients with high-risk profiles for cervical cancer who do not meet the recommended screening for cervical cancer.
Description
We will test the PINPOINT intervention among patients with high-risk profiles for cervical cancer who do not meet the recommended screening for cervical cancer. We will use the six steps of the Intervention Mapping approach to guide the process of testing the intervention. This project aligns with the current efforts at the University of Florida Health Cancer Institute (UFHCI) and UF Health Internal Medicine to improve cervical cancer screening rates among under-screened women. We will partner with these efforts to test the PINPOINT intervention. Project CONTINUITY (Connecting You to Care in t…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 25+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: The following eligibility criteria will be used to determine inclusion into the study: 1. Using the American Cancer Society (ACS) screening recommendations, adults aged over the age of 25 will be eligible 2. Active UF Internal Medicine patient and has had an appointment in the last 2 months. 3. Assigned sex at birth is female 4. Have Obesity or Type 2 Diabetes 5. Not currently pregnant (self-report) 6. Have not given birth in the prior 12 weeks 7. No previous history of cervical cancer 8. No previous history of a hysterectomy 9. Have not undergone cancer screening in the…
Interventions
- Behavioralpatient navigation and self-collection
Patients will receive a combination of patient navigation, education, and cervical cancer self-collection sampling as part of the intervention to support cervical cancer screening.
Locations (2)
- UF Health Internal MedicineGainesville, Florida
- University of FloridaGainesville, Florida