Patient-Informed Educational Intervention for the Improvement of Cervical Cancer Literacy

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the baseline health literacy, cervical cancer knowledge and radiation knowledge in a diverse sample of patients from two hospitals in Houston, Texas. (Phase 1) II. To test improvement in comprehension of cervical cancer and radiation terminology in a diverse sample of cervical cancer patients after viewing the video-based educational tool developed in this study. (Phase 2) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess barriers to care and assess baseline radiation adherence, defined as missing no treatments and time to radiation completion, in a diverse sample of patients from two hospitals in Houston, Texas. II. To describe the impact of the video on radiation treatment adherence in terms of radiation completion, defined as missing no treatments) and time to radiation completion. III. To describe the relationships between time to radiation completion, health literacy, sociodemographics, reported barriers to care, and baseline cervical cancer knowledge and misconceptions. OUTLINE: PHASE I: Patients complete surveys over 10 minutes on their background, health literacy level, barriers to cancer care, and knowledge of cervical cancer and its treatment. PHASE II: Patients watch educational video on cervical cancer. Patients also complete surveys over 5-10 minutes at baseline and after watching educational video.