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Conceptos erróneos sobre el cáncer entre los latinos y los anglos
E J Pérez-Stable1, F Sabogal, R Otero-Sabogal
1Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
JAMA
|December 9, 1992
Resumen
Los latinos demuestran mayores conceptos erróneos sobre el cáncer y tienen actitudes más fatalistas en comparación con los anglosajones, lo que pone de relieve la necesidad de estrategias de control del cáncer adaptadas culturalmente. Este estudio subraya las disparidades étnicas significativas en el conocimiento y las creencias sobre el cáncer.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Investigación de las disparidades de salud investigación de las disparidades de salud.
- Epidemiología de la epidemiología del cáncer.
- Competencia cultural en el cuidado de la salud.
Sus antecedentes:
- Comprender el conocimiento y las actitudes sobre el cáncer es crucial para las intervenciones efectivas de salud pública.
- Los factores étnicos y culturales pueden influir significativamente en las creencias y comportamientos de salud.
- Investigaciones anteriores sugieren posibles diferencias en la percepción del cáncer entre las poblaciones latinas y angloamericanas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar y comparar los conocimientos y actitudes hacia el cáncer entre los miembros adultos de planes de salud latinos y anglosajones.
- Identificar conceptos erróneos y creencias específicas que prevalecen en cada grupo.
- Informar el desarrollo de programas de control del cáncer culturalmente sensibles.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó una encuesta transversal entre los miembros adultos de un plan de salud prepago.
- Una muestra aleatoria incluyó a 844 latinos y 510 anglosajones.
- Los datos se recopilaron a través de entrevistas, con un análisis posterior utilizando regresión logística multivariada.
Principales resultados:
- Los latinos eran significativamente más propensos que los anglosajones a creer que varios factores no causales (por ejemplo, sustitutos del azúcar, hornos de microondas) causan cáncer.
- Los latinos con más frecuencia identificaban mal los síntomas y tenían creencias fatalistas sobre el cáncer (por ejemplo, 'sentencia de muerte', 'castigo de Dios').
- La etnia latina fue un predictor significativo de estas disparidades de conocimiento y actitud, incluso después de ajustar las variables demográficas y de estado de salud.
Conclusiones:
- Los conceptos erróneos sobre la causalidad y los síntomas del cáncer son más frecuentes entre los latinos que entre los anglosajones.
- Ciertas actitudes latinas hacia el cáncer se alinean con un tema cultural de 'fatalismo'.
- Estos hallazgos son esenciales para diseñar intervenciones de control del cáncer culturalmente apropiadas dirigidas a la comunidad latina.
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