Using focus group methods to develop multicultural cancer pain education materials
| Autor: | Christina Leonard, Priscilla Chew, Stephanie Hilton, Gail Wilkes, Kathryn Eilene Lasch, Lisa M. Montuori |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Teaching Materials Ethnic group Pain Special needs Nurse's Role Health Services Accessibility Patient Education as Topic Nursing Neoplasms Poverty Areas Health care Ethnicity Humans Medicine Advanced and Specialized Nursing business.industry Cultural group selection Cultural Diversity Professional-Patient Relations Focus Groups Focus group Family medicine Educational Status Female Pamphlets business Cancer pain Boston Patient education Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Pain Management Nursing. 1:129-138 |
| ISSN: | 1524-9042 |
| Popis: | Methods to treat cancer pain effectively have existed for more than 2 decades. However, the effective treatment of cancer pain continues to elude many patients with cancer who suffer from poor management. Although efforts to address the problem of cancer pain in the United States have acknowledged the importance of patient education and advocacy, few endeavors, to date, have attended to the special needs of inner-city, low-literacy, or socioeconomically disadvantaged patients from minority cultural groups. From 1992 to 1995, the Boston Cancer Pain Education Program, funded by the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, worked collaboratively with community representatives using focus group methods to develop a culturally sensitive, linguistically appropriate cancer pain education booklet in 11 languages and for 11 ethnic groups. The booklet serves as a guide for patients and families and is to be used as a teaching tool by clinicians. The focus group approach was used to develop materials that would empower patients and families to more effectively participate in pain management when working with health care providers from cultures other than their own. Qualitative data analysis methods were used to analyze transcripts of taped focus group sessions. Themes emerged from the data regarding pain and its culturally competent management as well as the group process of booklet development. © 2000 by the American Society of Pain Management Nurses |
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