Prevention of cervical cancer in women

[ABSTRACT ONLY; NO FULL TEXT] Cervical cancer occurs when cells in the cervix grow uncontrollably. While screening and HPV vaccination have reduced the incidence of cervical cancer in the United States, black minorities remain at risk in Los Angeles County. The Office of Women's Health provides cancer-related services in Los Angeles County. As a result of these services and community collaboration, the Precede-Proceed Model is the most appropriate planning model for this project. In 2010, Latinas had a 14.3% higher rate of cervical cancer than Asian, Blacks, and Whites. In 2017, Black women (4.1%) had higher cervical cancer rates than Asian, Latina, and White women. Between 2010 and 2017, the Latina community, which was the target group at the time, declined significantly. However, according to the most recent 2017 statistics, there are still some gaps in the Black community. Research states that Black women were significantly lower when it comes to HPV awareness and knowledge of HPV as a causal factor of cervical cancer. The researchers confirmed that a diverse population needs detailed and culturally appropriate information about the HPV vaccine to better understand and accept it. Thus, increasing culturally appropriate HPV vaccine education would improve their attitude toward the vaccine, increasing vaccination rates. The health belief model, social cognitive theory, and the theory of planned behavior would be utilized, and the most important constructs that will be used are perceived benefits, subjective norms, intentions, and attitudes. Thus, one goal and four objectives will be established to aid in the establishment of a culturally appropriate program that will decrease the county's cervical cancer rate among Black women. Evaluative techniques that will measure the projects effectiveness will be discussed. The project will be piloted for two years and, if effective in increasing HPV vaccination rates among Black women, will be adopted by the Office of Women's.