From Focus Groups to Workshops: Developing a Culturally Appropriate Cervical Cancer Prevention Intervention for Rural Latinas
| Autor: | Elva M. Arredondo, Lisa K. Gilbert, Rose Wilcher, Cara S. Siano |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Population Alternative medicine Embarrassment Disease Education 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education media_common Cervical cancer education.field_of_study 030505 public health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Focus group Family medicine Physical therapy 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 19:83-102 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3519 0272-684X |
| DOI: | 10.2190/52rx-f8r1-a8pt-yd36 |
| Popis: | Latinas in the United States are disproportionately affected by cervical cancer, a disease that can be prevented, detected, and treated. As the U.S. Latino population continues to grow, the need for effective, culturally appropriate programmatic efforts for preventing cervical cancer among this population is heightened. To improve timely Pap screening and follow-up care among low-income, rural Latinas, formative research was conducted with this population and used to inform the development of a community-based intervention. Focus groups were held with twenty-seven Latinas in a rural North Carolina county to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding cervical cancer prevention. Findings indicate that respondents were familiar with the importance of Pap screening; however, they were less knowledgeable about cervical cancer and perceived susceptibility was low. Factors related to Pap screening behavior included embarrassment, social support, partner influence, economics, patient-provider interactions, and reliance on clinic interpreters. The findings were used to tailor educational workshops to the cervical cancer prevention needs of low-income rural Latinas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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