John Luque
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, FL·Public Health & Epidemiology
Hispanic women in the U.S. get cervical cancer more often, and die from it more often, than non-Hispanic white women.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Medicine & Clinical Research
- Topics
cervical cancer screening
Hispanic women
Latina health
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Mar 2029
What they work on
- Update a previously tested small-media promotora program of pamphlets and videos to improve Hispanic women's knowledge, beliefs and risk perception about cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Test whether a group-based eHealth promotora program raises cervical cancer screening by more than 15% among Hispanic women in northern Florida who are overdue for screening, using a cluster randomized controlled trial.
- Conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of the promotora program to judge whether it is practical for community settings.
More about the research
The gap is even wider for Hispanic immigrant women, who face extra personal and system-level barriers to health care. Community programs that reach these women where they live could help close the gap. One promising approach uses promotoras, trained lay health advisors from the community.
Why it matters
A low-cost, culturally fitted program delivered by promotoras could increase cervical cancer screening among Hispanic immigrant women in rural areas. This group has higher cervical cancer death rates and has been little studied in the southeastern U.S. The cost-effectiveness data could help clinics and community groups decide whether to adopt the approach.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
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The school
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: 5 labs on PI Pages, $69M a year on research, 41 research doctorates a year.
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