What About Promotores ? Promotores' Psychosocial Determinants That Influenced the Delivery of a Cervical Cancer Education Intervention to Hispanics

This study tested whether a cancer education intervention affected self-efficacy to deliver an intervention to Hispanics and which psychosocial determinants of influenced the number of Hispanic residents reached by in the subsequent education intervention. A quasi-experimental, pre/post-design with a treatment group (no control) assessed differences for ( = 136) before and after exposure to the cancer education intervention. The design also included a cross-sectional evaluation of the number of residents reached with the educational intervention. After being trained, the delivered the intervention to Hispanic residents ( = 1,469). Paired -tests demonstrated increases in self-efficacy from pre- to post-intervention. Regression models assessed associations between the numbers of residents reached and select psychosocial determinants of . Age and ' years of experience influenced their delivery of a cervical cancer education intervention to Hispanics, but not their delivery of breast or colorectal cancer education interventions. This is the first study to examine which psychosocial determinants influence delivery of cancer education interventions. The outcomes potentially have implications for CHW interventions and training by examining this potential connection between CHWs' psychosocial determinants and intervention outcomes.