Cervical Cancer: Community-Clinical Linkages

What to know

The community-clinical linkages focus area includes tools and resources to engage community members and organizations to support screening efforts, reduce structural barriers to screening, and implement outreach and referral between community and clinical organizations.

Introduction

This page is part of the Cervical Cancer Screening Change Package.

Change concepts are "general notions that are useful for developing more specific strategies for changing a process."1 Change ideas are evidence-based or practice-based "actionable, specific ideas or strategies."1 Each change idea is linked to tools and resources that can be used or adapted to improve cancer screening.

Note: See a list of acronyms used in this change package.

Change concept: Engage community members and organizations to support screening efforts.

Engage or train community-based organizations.

Engage or train community leaders and others.

  • Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs (EBCCP) (IHPR at UT Health San Antonio) — A Su Salud en Acción, see Program Materials: A Su Salud en Acción Manual (PDF), pages 43–46

Change concept: Engage community-based health professionals to refer or recommend individuals for screening.

Engage community health workers to recommend and refer individuals for screening.

Change concept: Reduce structural barriers to screening in the community.

Enlist patient navigators or community health workers to help individuals access screening.

Identify transportation or transportation vouchers for screening appointments.

Identify dependent care so that parents and caregivers can attend screening appointments.

Use telehealth for screening consultations.

Develop (or use existing) resource and information hubs, such as 211, to address the intersection of health and social services and help individuals access screening.

Change concept: Implement bi-directional outreach and referral systems for screening.

Establish formal partnerships or systems between health care organizations and community-based organizations to ensure clinical and community linkages to screening.

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
  1. This resource may contain some information that does not reflect the current US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for cervical cancer screening.
  2. Indicates a patient resource.
  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco Cessation Change Package. US Department of Health and Human Services; 2019.