Cancer education for home health care workers: a process evaluation. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: In this article, we evaluate adoption of cancer education into the mandatory in-service training of home health attendants (HHA) comprised predominantly of African American and Hispanic women. METHODS: Three home health care training agencies in Bronx, NY, incorporated cancer prevention and outreach education into HHA training. RESULTS: Across 3 years, 87% (n = 2513) of HHAs received the intervention and disseminated it to 1600 clients/family/friends. HHAs reported high program satisfaction (98%) and interest (82%) in cancer outreach. Agency staff reported more benefits than costs to implementation. CONCLUSIONS: The home health care training agency appears an accessible and effective bridge for disseminating cancer education to the underserved.

publication date

  • January 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Health Education
  • Home Care Agencies
  • Home Health Aides
  • Neoplasms
  • Program Evaluation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33344470791

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1207/s15430154jce2004_11

PubMed ID

  • 16497135

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 4