Friedman Daniela B, Hoffman-Goetz Laurie
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
J Health Commun. 2006 Jun;11(4):425-47. doi: 10.1080/10810730600671920.
Ethnic minority populations prefer cancer information that is respectful of their customs and beliefs about health and illness. Community newspapers are an important source of cancer information for ethnic groups. Our purpose is to evaluate the cultural sensitivity of cancer information in mass print media targeting ethnic minority readership. We assessed for cultural sensitivity 27 cancer articles published in English-language ethnic newspapers (Jewish, First Nations, Black/Caribbean, East Indian) in 2000 using the Cultural Sensitivity Assessment Tool (CSAT). We found that the overall average CSAT score of 27 cancer articles was 2.71. (Scores<2.50 were classified as culturally insensitive.) Articles in First Nations newspapers were more culturally sensitive according to the CSAT (X=2.86), followed by articles in Black/Caribbean (X=2.79) and Jewish (X=2.78) papers. Cancer articles from East Indian newspapers had a mean CSAT score of 2.30 and were classified as culturally insensitive. Four articles were considered culturally sensitive but did not mention ethnic populations as intended readers or as high-risk groups for cancer. We found that, using the CSAT measure, overall, cancer articles in ethnic newspapers included in this study were culturally sensitive. Given limitations of this instrument, we recommend an additional checklist for evaluating the cultural sensitivity of printed cancer information.
少数族裔人群更喜欢尊重他们关于健康和疾病的习俗与信仰的癌症信息。社区报纸是少数族裔获取癌症信息的重要来源。我们的目的是评估面向少数族裔读者的大众平面媒体中癌症信息的文化敏感性。我们使用文化敏感性评估工具（CSAT）对2000年在英文少数族裔报纸（犹太、原住民、黑人/加勒比、东印度）上发表的27篇癌症文章进行了文化敏感性评估。我们发现，这27篇癌症文章的CSAT总体平均得分是2.71。（得分<2.50被归类为文化不敏感。）根据CSAT，原住民报纸上的文章文化敏感性更高（X = 2.86），其次是黑人/加勒比报纸（X = 2.79）和犹太报纸（X = 2.78）上的文章。东印度报纸上的癌症文章CSAT平均得分是2.30，被归类为文化不敏感。有4篇文章被认为具有文化敏感性，但未提及少数族裔人群是目标读者或癌症高危群体。我们发现，使用CSAT衡量标准，总体而言，本研究中纳入的少数族裔报纸上的癌症文章具有文化敏感性。鉴于该工具的局限性，我们建议增加一份清单来评估印刷癌症信息的文化敏感性。
