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62Background: Mammography screening is crucial for cancer detection. Screening rates have been declining in patients of low socioeconomic status and minorities, supporting the need for intervention at our safety-net hospital. Methods: Patients with a primary care provider order for screening mammograms over a one month period were monitored for 90 day compliance. This analysis determined compliance rate and optimal intervention period. A prospective randomized trial was done to improve compliance using a volunteer patient navigator. All patients received educational material and were randomly assigned to the control or intervention group. The latter were further educated on breast cancer and mammograms and, if amenable, were escorted to a walk-in mammogram. The study period was 3 weeks with 49 participants-24 patients in the control and 25 patients in the intervention group. The principal outcome was the 14 day mammography compliance rate. Secondary analysis examined efficacy of the study with respect to ...