Religious Beliefs and Cancer Screening Behaviors among Catholic Latinos: Implications for Faith-based Interventions

Allen, Jennifer D.; Leyva, Bryan; Torres, Maria Idalí; Ospino, Hosffman; Tom, Laura S.; Rustan, Sarah; Bartholomew, A.

doi:10.1353/hpu.2014.0080

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“…No research was found to support this result. Previous studies showed religious beliefs promote positive health behaviors or health care utilization [24,25], and patient activation is related to health behaviors or health outcomes [7][8][9][10][11]. So it could be guessed indirectly that religious beliefs may promote positive health behaviors or health care utilization through patient activation.…”

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Factors associated with Patient Activation for Self-management among Community Residents with Osteoarthritis in Korea

Ahn

Kim

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et al. 2015

J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to survey patient activation for self-management and to identify factors associated with patient activation for self-management among community residents with osteoarthritis in Korea. Methods: Cross-sectional study design was used. Survey data were collected from 270 community residents with osteoarthritis through direct interviews. Studied factors included patient activation, joint pain, physical function, depression, and general characteristics. Data were analyzed using chi-squared test, t-test and multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: The participants' mean score of patient activation was 56.0±16.61. The mean score of each factor was 10.6±5.89 for joint pain, 5.5±3.56 for physical function, and 19.3±10.01 for depression. The patient activation level was significantly associated with depression and general characteristics such as education, religion, comorbid hypertension, and use of medical clinics (p<.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest that depression, education, religion, comorbid hypertension, and use of medical clinics may be important factors to be considered when developing programs of patient activation for self-management. This is the first study that measured patient activation, and further studies are suggested to find factors associated with patient activation for self-management among community residents with other chronic diseases.

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Factors associated with Patient Activation for Self-management among Community Residents with Osteoarthritis in Korea

Ahn

Kim

Ham

et al. 2015

J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs

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“…As a result, having direct contact with the pastors often required a high level of call attempts, which were often fielded gby the Church Secretaries. An additional factor that influenced the need for numerous contact attempts is that parish leaders serve a variety of roles in their communities, and therefore, have competing priorities for their time (Allen et al, In press). With this in mind, we conducted recruitment and survey activities at all times of the day and days of the week.…”

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“…At the start, we formed a Community Advisory Board (CAB) with representatives from faith-based, health, and social service organizations. We also identified contextually appropriate strategies for engaging faith communities by conducting 18 key informant interviews among Latino community leaders and eight focus groups with a total of 67 parishioners (Allen et al, In press). We used this formative research in combination with ongoing input from CAB members to develop and adapt strategies for continuous community and leadership engagement in research activities.…”

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Recruiting and Surveying Catholic Parishes for Cancer Control Initiatives

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Background We describe activities undertaken to conduct organizational surveys among faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Massachusetts (MA) as part of a larger study designed to promote parish-based cancer control programs for Latinos. Methods Catholic parishes located in MA that provided Spanish-language mass were eligible for study participation. Parishes were identified through diocesan records and online directories. Prior to parish recruitment, we implemented a variety of activities to gain support from Catholic leaders at the Diocesan level. We then recruited individual parishes to complete a four-part organizational survey, which assessed: (A) parish leadership; (B) financial resources; (C) involvement in Hispanic ministry; and (D) health and social service offerings. Our goal was to administer each survey component to a parish representatives who could best provide an organizational perspective on the content of each component (e.g., A=pastors; B= Business Managers; C=Hispanic Ministry Leaders; and D= Parish Nurse or Health Ministry leader. Here, we present descriptive statistics on recruitment and survey administration processes. Results Seventy-five percent of eligible parishes responded to the survey and of these, 92% completed all four components. Completed four-part surveys required an average of 16.6 contact attempts. There were an average of 2.1 respondents per site. Pastoral staff were the most frequent respondents (79%), but also required the most contact attempts (M = 9.3, range = 1 to 27). While most interviews were completed by phone (71%), one-quarter were completed during in-person site visits. Conclusions We achieved a high survey completion rate among organizational representatives. Our lessons learned may inform efforts to engage and survey FBOs for public health efforts.

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“…15,16 Latinos are also more likely to pray daily in a qualitative study also perceived a connection between spirituality and health, emphasizing that their spiritual beliefs are associated with increased health behaviors such as health care utilization and cancer screenings. 20 Finally, spirituality has been linked to healthy living (ie, stress reduction, avoiding tobacco) as well as an enhanced ability to cope with adverse health outcomes among Latina women. 15,21,22 While the relationship between spirituality and health appears to be robust in the general population, less is known about this relationship among Latinos, and in particular Latino men.…”

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Spirituality and Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Latino Men and Women in Massachusetts

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Objective: To examine the relationships between spirituality and physical activity and sedentary behavior in a sample of Latino adults in Massachusetts.Design: This is a cross-sectional analysis of the Lawrence Health and Well Being Study; a study that was conducted among patients at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) in Lawrence, Massachusetts.Participants: 602 Latino or Hispanic adults aged 21 to 85 years completed the study. Results:There was a significant negative relationship between spirituality and sedentary behavior (β= -.12, p = .004). Although not statistically significant, higher spirituality was associated with increased odds of engaging in physical activity. There were no significant associations between spirituality and physical activity among men or women. Men with greater spirituality were significantly less sedentary (β = -.17, P = .005). There was no relationship between sedentary behavior and spirituality among women. Conclusions:This study found that individuals who are more spiritual are also less sedentary, and this association was stronger in men than women. Findings provide insight for developing future interventions to promote activity in this high-risk population, which has been greatly understudied. Future research endeavors should consider investigating the impact of spirituality-based messages to reduce sedentary behavior among Latinos.

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Religious Beliefs and Cancer Screening Behaviors among Catholic Latinos: Implications for Faith-based Interventions

Cited by 47 publications

References 94 publications

Factors associated with Patient Activation for Self-management among Community Residents with Osteoarthritis in Korea

Factors associated with Patient Activation for Self-management among Community Residents with Osteoarthritis in Korea

Recruiting and Surveying Catholic Parishes for Cancer Control Initiatives

Spirituality and Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Latino Men and Women in Massachusetts

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