黑人移民妇女的个人网络和宫癌查
Leslie E Cofie1, Olivia Whitt2, Nikhil Bhagat3
1Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, 3016 Belk Building, Mailstop 529, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA. cofiel18@ecu.edu.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|November 11, 2024
概括
社会联系影响黑人移民女性 (BIW) 的帕帕尼科劳 (Pap) 查. 针对密切网络成员的干预措施可以改善这些社区的癌症预防知识和行为.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 在美国,黑人移民妇女 (BIW) 之间对癌症查的理解有限.
- 之前的研究表明,个人网络特征会影响癌症查,但这在BIW中未得到充分研究.
- 这项研究调查了BIW中巴氏查和癌症预防行为的网络影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查个人网络特征与黑人移民女性 (BIW) 中的帕帕尼科劳 (Pap) 查采用之间的关系.
- 探索网络成员如何影响BIW的癌症相关知识和预防行为.
- 为黑人移民社区提供有针对性的癌症预防干预信息.
主要方法:
- 混合方法研究涉及横截面调查 (N=204) 和个人访谈 (N=13) 与美国东南部21-65岁的BIW.
- 多变量后勤回归分析了社会联系,接触频率,社会支持和巴氏查之间的关联.
- 主题分析探讨了个人网络在BIW癌症预防行为中的作用.
主要成果:
- 高度的社会联系与BIW中帕普查的可能性增加有关 (OR: 2.68,CI: 1.12,6.46),尽管调整人口统计和保险后,这种影响减少了.
- 定性发现表明BIW及其网络内的癌症知识有限.
- 亲密的网络成员,特别是母亲人物,为寻求护理提供了支持,包括癌症查,尽管一些参与者报告说缺乏支持.
结论:
- 研究结果表明,黑人移民社区可以从针对性癌症预防干预措施中受益,这些干预措施专注于密切的网络成员.
- 干预措施应旨在加强这些网络内的癌症控制行为知识和支持.
- 在个人网络中加强社会支持和知识共享可能会改善BIW的癌症查.
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