Multisectoral Collaborations to Increase the Use of Recommended Cancer Screening and Other Clinical Preventive Services by Older Adults
| Autor: | Steven P. Wallace, Kathryn G. Kietzman, Rosana L Bravo, O. Kenrik Duru, Peggy Toy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Gerontology
Male Aging Disease prevention Quality management Community-based partnerships Capacity building 0302 clinical medicine Cancer screening Preventive Health Services Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Cooperative Behavior Early Detection of Cancer Cancer Receipt General Medicine Articles Health Services Community-clinic linkages Immunizations Los Angeles Colo-Rectal Cancer Infectious Diseases Community health Female 0305 other medical science Clinical Sciences Health Promotion 03 medical and health sciences Clinical Research Breast Cancer Behavioral and Social Science Humans Healthy aging 030505 public health business.industry Prevention Community Health Centers Patient Acceptance of Health Care Community–clinic linkages Good Health and Well Being Health promotion Sustainability Geriatrics and Gerontology Digestive Diseases business |
| Zdroj: | Gerontologist The Gerontologist, vol 59, iss Suppl 1 |
| Popis: | The Healthy Aging Partnerships in Prevention Initiative (HAPPI) is a multisectoral collaboration that aims to increase use of recommended cancer screening and other clinical preventive services (CPS) among underserved African American and Latino adults aged 50 and older in South Los Angeles. HAPPI uses the principles of the evidence-based model Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration to increase capacity for the delivery of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening, as well as influenza and pneumococcal immunizations, and cholesterol screening. This article describes HAPPI’s collaborative efforts to enhance local capacity by training personnel from community health centers (CHCs) and community-based organizations (CBOs), implementing a small grants program, and forming a community advisory council. HAPPI demonstrates that existing resources in the region can be successfully linked and leveraged to increase awareness and receipt of CPS. Five CHCs expanded quality improvement efforts and eight CBOs reached 2,730 older African Americans and Latinos through locally tailored educational programs that encouraged community–clinic linkages. A community council assumed leadership roles to ensure HAPPI sustainability. The lessons learned from these collective efforts hold promise for increasing awareness and fostering the use of CPS by older adults in underserved communities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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