Division of Prevention and Public Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Project Brotherhood, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2023 Aug 17;18(8):e0288478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288478. eCollection 2023.
Black men are disproportionately impacted by oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) mortality. This is in part due to a lack of information received about OPCs and their associated risk factors during health encounters. Discussions between dentists and Black men may improve Black men's knowledge, screening, and treatment uptake. Yet, dentists do not commonly communicate with Black men about OPCs due to their own discomfort. This paper describes the protocol for our research project, which proposes an initiative, grounded in community-based participatory research, to adapt a culturally-specific OPC communication tool. This tool will be adapted using a mixed-methods approach to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of Black men discussing OPCs and associated risk factors with dental providers. The tool will then be assessed for feasibility and acceptability among Black men, as well as dental students and dental providers in community-based clinical settings.
黑人男性受到口腔和咽癌（OPC）死亡率的不成比例影响。这在一定程度上是由于在健康接触期间缺乏有关 OPC 及其相关危险因素的信息。牙医和黑人男性之间的讨论可以提高黑人男性的知识水平，促进筛查和治疗的采用。然而，由于自身的不适，牙医通常不会与黑人男性讨论 OPC。本文介绍了我们研究项目的方案，该方案提出了一项倡议，该倡议基于社区参与式研究，旨在调整一种针对特定文化的 OPC 沟通工具。该工具将采用混合方法进行调整，以评估黑人男性与牙医讨论 OPC 及其相关危险因素时的知识、态度和经验。然后，将在社区临床环境中的黑人男性、牙科学生和牙科提供者中评估该工具的可行性和可接受性。
