8. LISA MITCHELL-BENNETT ♀
Information acquired: 2025
LISA MITCHELL-BENNETT is an academic who published a paper in 2009 entitled HPV knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs among Hispanic men and women living on the Texas-Mexi. LISA MITCHELL-BENNETT published this work as part of a team: Fernandez, Maria E.. Here is a description of this work: Background U.S., Hispanic women have higher cervical cancer incidence rates than non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans and lower rates of cervical cancer screening. Knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs may play a role in higher rates of infection of HPV and decisions about subsequent diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer. Study aim To explore the level of HPV knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs among Hispanic men and women on the Texas-Mexico border. Methodological Approach Informed by feminist ethnography, the authors used an interpretive approach to understand local respondents' concerns and interests. Focus group sessions were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Recruitment and sample Promotoras (lay health workers) recruited participants using convenience sampling methods. G.