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Health Education Research, Vol. 9, No. 4, 421-432, 1994
© 1994 Oxford University Press

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The Forsyth County Cervical Cancer Prevention Project—II. Compliance with screening follow-up of abnormal cervical smears

R. Michielutte1, M. Dignan1, J. Bahnson2 and H.B. Wells2

1Departments of Family & Community Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
2Departments of Public Health Sciences, Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA

The Forsyth County Cervical Cancer Prevention Project was a community-wide cancer education program to address the problem of cervical cancer incidence and mortality among minority women in Forsyth County, North Carolina. This paper reports program results with regard to increasing compliance with follow-up for abnormal cervical smears. An analysis of trends prior to and after implementation of the educational program was conducted in one private and two public health primary care clinics to provide an assessment of impact of the project in improving compliance with follow-up among black women. A similar analysis also was conducted for white women. The results of medical record reviews of follow-up procedures for 878 abnormal cervical smears suggested a modest program effect among black women. The percentage of black women who returned for follow-up and treatment of an abnormal cervical smear significantly increased during the time the program was in effect. The trend analysis further indicated that the decline did not begin prior to the intervention period and was maintained throughout the duration of the intervention. No significant change in the percentage who returned for follow-up was found for white women.


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