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A Community-Driven Intervention For Prostate Cancer Screening In African Americans, Kushal Patel, Flora Ukoli, Jianguo Liu, Derrick Beech, Katina Beard, Byron Brown, Maureen Sanderson, Donna Kenerson, Leslie Cooper, Marie Canto, Bill Blot, Margaret Hargreaves
A Community-Driven Intervention For Prostate Cancer Screening In African Americans, Kushal Patel, Flora Ukoli, Jianguo Liu, Derrick Beech, Katina Beard, Byron Brown, Maureen Sanderson, Donna Kenerson, Leslie Cooper, Marie Canto, Bill Blot, Margaret Hargreaves
Public Health, Health Administration, and Health Sciences Faculty Research
The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of an educational intervention on prostate cancer screening behavior and knowledge. Participants were 104 African American men, 45 years and older, who had not been screened for prostate cancer with a prostate-specific antigen and/or digital rectal exam within the past year. All participants received an intervention delivered by trained lay community educators using a prostate cancer educational brochure developed in collaboration with the community, with structured interviews preintervention and 3 months postintervention. The main study outcomes included prostate-specific antigen screening rates during the 3-month interval and knowledge, barriers to screenings, …
Using A Participatory Research Process To Address Disproportionate Hispanic Cancer Burden, Pamela C. Hull, Juan R. Canedo, Michelle C. Reece, Irma Lira, Francisco Reyes, Erandi Garcia, Paul Juarez, Elizabeth Williams, Baqar A. Husaini
Using A Participatory Research Process To Address Disproportionate Hispanic Cancer Burden, Pamela C. Hull, Juan R. Canedo, Michelle C. Reece, Irma Lira, Francisco Reyes, Erandi Garcia, Paul Juarez, Elizabeth Williams, Baqar A. Husaini
Public Health, Health Administration, and Health Sciences Faculty Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) offers great potential for increasing the impact of research on reducing cancer health disparities. This article reports how the Community Outreach Core (COC) of the Meharry–Vanderbilt–Tennessee State University (TSU) Cancer Partnership has collaborated with community partners to develop and implement CBPR. The COC, Progreso Community Center, and Nashville Latino Health Coalition jointly developed and conducted the 2007 Hispanic Health in Nashville Survey as a participatory needs assessment to guide planning for subsequent CBPR projects and community health initiatives. Trained community and student interviewers surveyed 500 Hispanic adults in the Nashville area, using a convenience sampling method. …