Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Latina Women: The Role of the Latino Male
| Autor: | Zoran Bursac, Lina Jandorf, Deborah O. Erwin, Michelle Treviño |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Program evaluation Gerontology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Population Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Breast Neoplasms Cervical cancer screening Health Services Accessibility Sex Factors Breast cancer Health care Cancer screening Humans Medicine Interpersonal Relations Community Health Services education Early Detection of Cancer Cervical cancer education.field_of_study Arkansas Intervention program business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hispanic or Latino Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Female New York City business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Community Health. 37:694-700 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3610 0094-5145 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10900-011-9501-4 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this article is to determine, through a community-based breast and cervical cancer intervention program, the impact Latino males may have on Latinas and their cancer screening behaviors. This report includes data collected from 163 Latino males recruited throughout rural Arkansas and four New York City boroughs for the Esperanza y Vida program, designed to evaluate cancer screening outcomes among Latinas and address their health care needs and cancer control challenges. Basic demographics and identical pre- and post-program knowledge surveys were collected and analyzed using SPSS 15.0 and SAS 9.2. Results from this study suggest Latino men have little knowledge about breast or cervical cancer screening and are unfamiliar with their partners' screening histories. Male participants were also less likely to complete program assessment forms (pre, post, demographic questionnaires) and more likely to commit response errors (i.e. multiple answers, illegible responses). These findings suggest that including males in education programs for Latinas may be a crucial component in decreasing cancers among this segment of the population. The further development of programs such as Esperanza y Vida, that empowers Latino males, will be important in reducing the unequal burden of breast and cervical cancers for Latinas. It is important to continue including Latino men in these types of studies because the impact of their role on Latina's health remains understudied, unknown, and misunderstood. |
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