Increasing Melanoma Screening among Hispanic/Latino Americans: A Community-Based Educational Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Chung, Grace Y.; Brown, Gina; Gibson, Desmond
Titel	Increasing Melanoma Screening among Hispanic/Latino Americans: A Community-Based Educational Intervention
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 42 (2015) 5, S.627-632 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198115578748
Schlagwörter	Screening Tests; Cancer; Hispanic Americans; Community Education; Intervention; Incidence; Health Promotion; Prevention; Pretests Posttests; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Participant Satisfaction; Knowledge Level; Consciousness Raising; Familiarity; Risk; Self Efficacy; Socioeconomic Influences; Low Income Groups; Educational Attainment; Work Environment; Access to Health Care; Health Behavior; Adult Education; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Screening-Verfahren; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Vorkommen; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Wissensbasis; Bewusstseinsbildung; Risiko; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Arbeitsmilieu; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Melanoma incidence is increasing among Hispanics/Latinos in California. This community-based project reached out to a rural Hispanic/Latino community in North San Diego County to provide melanoma prevention and screening education. At a local community health fair, bilingual volunteer lay health workers led 10- to 15-minute-long information sessions on melanoma disease, risk factors, and skin self-examination techniques. Pearson chi-square analyses of participants' (N = 34) responses to pre- and postintervention evaluation surveys indicate significant increases in knowledge, risk awareness, and self-efficacy for self-screening. The results revealed that Hispanics/Latinos in a low socioeconomic stratum might be at moderate to high risk for developing melanoma. Their low annual income, low level of education, occupational sun-exposure, and lack of access to health care are likely factors that deter at-risk Hispanics/Latinos from seeking health care. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01