Texas Tech Paul L Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2012 Oct;39(5):603-11. doi: 10.1177/1090198111426452. Epub 2012 Mar 1.
Cervical cancer is preventable with treatment of precancerous lesions and treatable at early stages. Hispanics have higher rates of cervical cancer and lower rates of screening. Ayudando a las Mujeres con Informacción, Guía, y Amor para su Salud (AMIGAS) is an intervention to increase cervical cancer screening in U.S. women of Mexican origin. AMIGAS was developed with the participation of the community using intervention mapping (IM). Following the IM process, the authors completed a needs assessment, development of program objectives, selection of intervention methods and strategies, and program design. A benefit of IM is its linkage with community-based participatory research as it includes engagement of community members to identify and refine priority areas. The success of this strategy suggests it a useful tool for other populations. The resulting intervention program is currently being tested for efficacy and cost-effectiveness in three sites: El Paso, Texas; Houston, Texas; and Yakima, Washington.
宫颈癌可以通过治疗癌前病变和早期治疗来预防。西班牙裔人群的宫颈癌发病率较高，筛查率较低。“帮助妇女了解、指导和关爱其健康（AMIGAS）”是一项旨在提高美国墨西哥裔妇女宫颈癌筛查率的干预措施。AMIGAS 的开发得到了社区的参与，采用了干预映射（IM）方法。按照 IM 流程，作者完成了需求评估、制定了项目目标、选择了干预方法和策略，并进行了项目设计。IM 的一个优点是它与基于社区的参与性研究相联系，因为它包括让社区成员参与确定和完善优先领域。这一策略的成功表明，它对其他人群也是一种有用的工具。该干预计划目前正在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索、德克萨斯州休斯顿和华盛顿州雅基马的三个地点进行有效性和成本效益测试。
