Mosavel Maghboeba, Ports Katie A
a Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Medicine , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , Virginia , USA.
J Health Commun. 2015;20(6):680-6. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1012245. Epub 2015 Apr 7.
Substantial breast and cervical cancer disparities exist in the United States, particularly among African American women with low socioeconomic status. There is considerable potential for discussions about cancer prevention between mothers and daughters. However, upward communication, from child to parent, remains a relatively novel research area, and it remains unclear how receptive mothers would be to messages from their daughter about cancer, a topic that may be considered culturally inappropriate for daughters to initiate. In this study, the authors simulated cancer message delivery to daughters and then conducted direct observation of daughters as they recalled and shared the message with their mother or female elder. The authors found that daughters were able to successfully recall and deliver a cancer appeal to their mother and mothers were generally receptive to this message. Not only did mothers listen to their daughters' appeals, but also daughters' knowledge of cancer was considerably improved by the opportunity to educate her female elder. Moreover, daughters' nonverbal communication suggested a surprisingly relaxed demeanor. The potential of young people to have an effect on the screening behavior of their female elders is very promising in terms of reducing cancer disparities.
在美国，乳腺癌和宫颈癌方面存在显著差异，尤其是在社会经济地位较低的非裔美国女性中。母亲和女儿之间在癌症预防方面有很大的讨论潜力。然而，从孩子到父母的向上沟通仍然是一个相对较新的研究领域，目前尚不清楚母亲对女儿传达的癌症信息接受程度如何，因为这个话题可能被认为在文化上女儿不宜主动提及。在这项研究中，作者模拟了向女儿传递癌症信息的过程，然后直接观察女儿们回忆并与母亲或年长女性分享该信息的情况。作者发现，女儿们能够成功回忆并向母亲传达癌症相关诉求，而且母亲们通常对这些信息持接受态度。母亲们不仅听取了女儿的诉求，女儿通过有机会向年长女性传授知识，其癌症知识也有了显著提高。此外，女儿们的非言语交流显示出令人惊讶的轻松态度。就减少癌症差异而言，年轻人影响年长女性筛查行为的潜力非常可观。
