Guidry J J, Fagan P, Walker V
Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College of Education, College Station 77843-4243, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1998 Mar;90(3):165-9.
Cancer prevention materials such as pamphlets, booklets, and fact sheets play a significant role in reducing cancer disparities. Little is documented in the literature about the cultural sensitivity of materials targeting African Americans. The Cancer Prevention Materials and African Americans project was conducted to assess the cultural sensitivity and readability of printed cancer education materials targeting African Americans. Results showed current breast and cancer materials are not written at appropriate reading levels, and only 54% of the breast and 40% of the prostate cancer materials were found to be culturally sensitive. Even though the materials are being developed and disseminated in health fairs, physician offices, barber shops, and other locations, the materials are still not reflective of the African-American populations and do not consider literacy, visual, written messages, and format as factors in their utilization. Future studies should assess the appropriateness of materials for African Americans to promote and prevent cancer in African Americans.
诸如宣传册、小册子和情况说明书等癌症预防材料在减少癌症差异方面发挥着重要作用。文献中很少有关于针对非裔美国人的材料的文化敏感性的记载。开展了“癌症预防材料与非裔美国人”项目，以评估针对非裔美国人的印刷癌症教育材料的文化敏感性和可读性。结果显示，目前的乳腺癌和癌症材料的编写水平不合适，只有54%的乳腺癌材料和40%的前列腺癌材料被认为具有文化敏感性。尽管这些材料在健康博览会、医生办公室、理发店和其他场所开发和传播，但这些材料仍然不能反映非裔美国人的情况，也没有将识字率、视觉、书面信息和形式作为其使用的因素加以考虑。未来的研究应该评估这些材料对非裔美国人的适用性，以促进和预防非裔美国人患癌症。
