Prevalent Health Concerns Among African American Women Belonging to a National Volunteer Service Organization (The Links, Incorporated).

Autor: Asiedu GB; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA., Hayes SN; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA., Williams KP; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.; The Links, Incorporated, Washington, DC, USA., Bondaryk MR; Health Disparities, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA., Halyard MY; The Links, Incorporated, Washington, DC, USA.; Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA., Parker MW; The Links, Incorporated, Washington, DC, USA.; Division of Geriatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Balls-Berry JE; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.; Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA., Pinn VW; The Links, Incorporated, Washington, DC, USA., Breitkopf CR; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. radeckibreitkopf.carmen@mayo.edu.; Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. radeckibreitkopf.carmen@mayo.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities [J Racial Ethn Health Disparities] 2017 Feb; Vol. 4 (1), pp. 19-24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 22.
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-015-0195-7
Abstrakt: Objective: African American women bear a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. The purpose of this study was to identify prevalent health concerns among African American women who are members of The Links, Incorporated (Links), a large national service organization with health programming for communities of color.
Methods: Survey data (n = 391) were collected during the 2012 Links National Assembly. Twenty-six health issues were presented within five groups: cancer, CVD, pulmonary disease, chronic conditions, and behavioral health. For each issue, women indicated if it was a concern for "you/your family" or "the African American community" via check-boxes. Differences in the proportions for "you/your family" and "the African American community" were evaluated using the McNemar test.
Results: Hypertension was the most frequently endorsed concern for you/your family (79 %); 73 % indicated this was a concern for the African American community. Sickle cell anemia was the most frequently endorsed concern for the African American community (77 %). Melanoma was the least endorsed health issue overall (15 % you/your family, 55 % community). Breast was the most frequently endorsed cancer concern, while lung was among the least. For 23 out of 26 health issues, the proportion concerned was greater for the "African American community" than for "you/your family" (all p < 0.05).
Conclusion: CVD and breast cancer were salient concerns; both are topics for which national awareness campaigns and Links health programming exist. Comparatively lower concern was observed for melanoma, a cancer with known survival disparities, and for lung cancer, a leading cause of death in women.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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