Attitudes, knowledge, and health-seeking behaviors of five immigrant minority communities in the prevention and screening of cancer: A focus group approach
Attitudes, knowledge, and health-seeking behaviors of five immigrant minority communities in the prevention and screening of cancer: A focus group approach
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DOI：
10.1080/13557850500391394
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Changrani, J
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作者：
Gany, FM;Herrera, AR;Changrani, J
尽管美国总体癌症死亡率有所下降，但少数族裔移民的癌症发病率和死亡率仍然过高。在纽约市的海地裔、讲英语的加勒比裔、拉丁裔、韩裔和华裔社区开展了13个焦点小组，以更好地了解他们在癌症预防、筛查和治疗方面的就医行为。焦点小组探讨了文化、语言和体制障碍对这些行为的影响程度，并探索了支持有益行为的方法。研究结果强调，虽然移民群体之间存在许多相似之处，但移民群体之间也存在显著差异，因此需要有针对性的基于社区的方法。在所有群体中普遍存在的错误信息表明，迫切需要为少数族裔移民制定具有文化适应性的癌症控制项目。
Despite an observed decrease in overall cancer death rates in the USA, immigrant minorities continue to experience disproportionately higher cancer incidence and mortality rates. Thirteen focus groups were conducted in the Haitian, English-Speaking Caribbean, Latino, Korean, and Chinese communities of New York City to better understand their health-seeking behaviors with respect to cancer prevention, screening, and treatment. Focus groups addressed the degree to which cultural, linguistic, and systematic barriers impact these behaviors and explored methods to support salutary behaviors. Findings underscored that, while there are many similarities across immigrant groups, there are significant variations between the immigrant groups to necessitate a tailored community-based approach. The prevalent misinformation observed among all groups warrants the prompt development of culturally competent programs for cancer control with immigrant minorities.