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Cancer Prevention & Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Group Education

(2008 Archived Review)

Task Force Finding*

Group education sessions are usually conducted by health educators or trained laypeople, using slide presentations or other teaching aids in a lecture or interactive setting. These sessions convey information on indications for, benefits of, and ways to overcome barriers to screening, with the goal of informing, encouraging, and motivating participants to seek recommended screenings.

Evidence is insufficient to determine the effectiveness of group education in increasing screening for breast cancer (based on inconclusive findings), cervical cancer (based on a small number of studies with inconsistent findings and methodological limitations), and colorectal cancer (based on a single study with mixed results).

*From the following publication:

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for client- and provider-directed interventions to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. Adobe PDF File [PDF - 74KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):S21–5.