“Approaches that target low-income and minority women are especially important, as socioeconomically disadvantaged and minority women bear a disproportionate burden of cervical cancer morbidity and mortality.”
“The Talking Health trial was developed to address these gaps in the literature and to target needs of the medically-underserved Appalachian region of rural southwest Virginia... There are also notable socioeconomic (median income, percent population below poverty, educational achievement, etc.) and literacy proficiency disparities within this region, as compared to state and national averages.”
