Anderson-Lewis Charkarra, Ross Levi, Johnson Jarrett, Hastrup Janice L, Green B Lee, Kohler Connie L
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississipi, USA.
South Med J. 2012 Jun;105(6):294-9. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318255d8aa.
A major challenge facing contemporary cancer educators is how to optimize the dissemination of breast cancer prevention and control information to African American women in the Deep South who are believed to be cancer free. The purpose of this research was to provide insight into the breast cancer information-acquisition experiences of African American women in Alabama and Mississippi and to make recommendations on ways to better reach members of this high-risk, underserved population.
Focus group methodology was used in a repeated, cross-sectional research design with 64 African American women, 35 years old or older who lived in one of four urban or rural counties in Alabama and Mississippi.
Axial-coded themes emerged around sources of cancer information, patterns of information acquisition, characteristics of preferred sources, and characteristics of least-preferred sources.
It is important to invest in lay health educators to optimize the dissemination of breast cancer information to African American women who are believed to be cancer free in the Deep South.
当代癌症教育工作者面临的一项重大挑战是如何优化向美国南部腹地那些被认为未患癌症的非裔美国女性传播乳腺癌预防和控制信息。本研究的目的是深入了解阿拉巴马州和密西西比州非裔美国女性获取乳腺癌信息的经历，并就如何更好地覆盖这一高风险、服务不足人群的成员提出建议。
采用焦点小组方法进行重复的横断面研究设计，研究对象为64名35岁及以上的非裔美国女性，她们居住在阿拉巴马州和密西西比州的四个城市或农村县之一。
围绕癌症信息来源、信息获取模式、首选来源的特征和最不喜欢来源的特征出现了轴心编码主题。
投资于非专业健康教育工作者，以优化向美国南部腹地那些被认为未患癌症的非裔美国女性传播乳腺癌信息，这一点很重要。
