使用社区参与的研究过程来规划,实施和评估癌症教育计划,以提高非洲裔美国男性的知识和查意图
Whitney George1, Malakai Miller2, Elizabeth C Stewart2
1School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Journal of psychosocial oncology
|August 15, 2024
概括
这项癌症教育计划改善了非洲裔美国男性的知识,自我效能和前列腺癌查意图. 根据文化定制的干预表明可行性和可接受性,表明有可能增加癌症查行为.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 预防癌症 预防癌症
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 非洲裔美国男性在癌症发病率方面面临着显著的差异.
- 文化特定的健康教育对于解决这些差异至关重要.
- 现有的癌症教育计划可能无法充分满足这一群体的需求.
研究的目的:
- 评估文化上适当的癌症教育计划的可接受性,可行性和初步有效性.
- 改善癌症知识,态度,主观规范,以及对口腔,结肠和前列腺癌的查意图.
- 详细介绍项目设计,实施和评估的社区参与的研究过程.
主要方法:
- 在田纳西州中部的4个教会招募了84名非洲裔美国人.
- 采用单个组,测试前后设计为2.5小时的混合程序.
- 利用经过验证的自我效能,态度,知识,主观规范和选意图的尺度;重点小组评估了可接受性.
主要成果:
- 癌症知识 (p=0.015),自我有效性 (p<0.001) 和前列腺癌查意向 (p=0.049) 显著增加.
- 定性数据揭示了有关计划影响的主题,参与者的观点和改进建议.
- 该计划证明了参与者的可行性和可接受性.
结论:
- 文化上适当的癌症教育计划是可行的,可以接受的,并且有效地增加癌症查意图.
- 研究结果表明,该计划有可能提高非洲裔美国男性的癌症查行为.
- 强调需要文化谦卑和心理社会服务的意识,为这个人口群体.
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