Impact of Patient Navigation Interventions on Timely Diagnostic Follow Up for Abnormal Cervical Screening

201540 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Electra D. Paskett · The Ohio State University

Donald J. Dudley · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Gregory Young · The Ohio State University

Brittany M. Bernardo · The Ohio State University

Kristen J. Wells · San Diego State University

Elizabeth A. Calhoun · University of Illinois Chicago

Kevin Fiscella

Abstract

These results suggest that patient navigation can improve timely diagnostic follow-up among women with low-risk cervical abnormalities, particularly in non-English-speaking Hispanic women.

Topics & Keywords

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Women s Health

Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 15-21

DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.5094

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