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* Will be asked to choose 2 social contacts (adult family member or friend identified by the participant as someone who could be engaged by the research team to encourage the participant to attend her mammogram appointment)
* Will receive reminder(s) from social contact about the screening mammogram appointment
* Will receive reminder from Breast Health Center about screening mammogram appointment
* Will be contacted to provide experience with the study

* Facilitate enrolled patient to complete the screening mammogram.
* Will receive information about screening mammograms and resources available at the Breast Imaging Center.
* Will be contacted approximately 3 days prior to the patient's mammogram appointment.
* Will be contacted to provide experience with the study

-The social contact will remind patient about screening mammogram appointment

Social Contact Reminder

Whitney Hensing, M.D., M.S.

Eliminating racial disparities in breast cancer is a top public health priority. African American (AA) women often present with more advanced and aggressive disease at the time of diagnosis and are more likely to die from breast cancer than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States. Mammogram screening significantly reduces breast cancer mortality by diagnosing cancer at an earlier stage where treatments are more effective. While some AA women do not schedule screening mammograms as recommended by current guidelines, others do not show up for their exams after scheduling them (no-shows). No-shows to cancer screening appointments impose an enormous strain on our limited healthcare resources with negative impact on other patients who could have secured earlier appointments, loss of revenue for hospitals or clinics serving underserved populations and delays in diagnoses and treatment for those who do not have screening. The investigators identified a high no-show rate for screening mammograms at our hospital. AA women were almost three times more likely to no-show for their mammograms compared to White women. Patient's social networks plan an important role in health promotion. In this study, we will pilot an intervention involving patient's social contacts (family, friends, neighbors, etc.) as healthcare facilitators to improve appointment attendance. The investigators seek to determine whether this intervention is feasible and acceptable to patients and whether this intervention will improve attendance rates for screening mammograms among AA women at our institution. If effective, the use of a patient's social contact person as a healthcare facilitator (similar to a patient navigator) would be a readily available and inexpensive resource for other institutions to implement.

Utilizing Social Contacts to Facilitate Mammogram Screening Among African American Women

Pilot Study Utilizing Social Contacts to Facilitate Mammogram Screening Among African American Women

-The study is deemed feasible if 80 participants are enrolled to the study and further, if at least 65% of the 80 participants will have a social contact agreeing to participate

-Use descriptive statistics to present the characteristics of social contacts and regression analysis to determine in association with social contact characteristics and appointment attendance.

-Use descriptive statistics to present response to structured interview questions.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Utilizing Social Contacts to Facilitate Mammogram Screening Among African American Women	NCT05275361	Breast Cancer	Social Contact ...	40 Years -	Washington University School of Medicine
Utilizing Social Contacts to Facilitate Mammogram Screening Among African American Women	NCT05275361	Breast Cancer	Social Contact ...	40 Years -	Washington University School of Medicine

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