Sources of Breast and Cervical Cancer Information for Hmong Women and Men

Thorburn, Sheryl; Keon, Karen Levy; Kue, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/03630242.2013.796305

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“…A range of barriers to ethnic minority communities were identified in these articles, including distrust of the medical system among African American (Allen et al 2007, Wray et al 2009) and Chinese (Gao et al 2009) participants, misconceptions about the purpose of screening tests among Barbadian women, (Christian and Guell 2015), a lack of knowledge about national healthcare systems and screening (Arevian et al 2011, Erwin et al 2010, Kawar 2009, Team et al 2013, Thorburn et al 2013, Wangari Ngugi et al 2012) and cultural and religious traditions (Lee et al 2012, Wallace et al 2014. Researchers emphasised the role of socioeconomic factors in preventing access to screening and preventive measures such as HPV vaccination (Patel et al 2012, Paz-Soldan et al 2012, Schoenberg et al 2010.…”

Section: Structural Inequalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The sociology of cancer: a decade of research

Kerr

Ross

Jacques

et al. 2018

Sociology Health & Illness

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Biomedicine is often presented as the driving force behind improvements in cancer care, with genomics the latest innovation poised to change the meaning, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and lived experience of cancer. Reviewing sociological analyses of a diversity of patient and practitioner experiences and accounts of cancer during the last decade (2007–17), we explore the experiences of, approaches to and understandings of cancer in this period. We identify three key areas of focus: (i) cancer patient experiences and identities; (ii) cancer risk and responsibilities and (iii) bioclinical collectives. We explore these sociological studies of societal and biomedical developments and how sociologists have sought to influence developments in cancer identities, care and research. We end by suggesting that we extend our understanding of innovations in the fields of cancer research to take better account of these wider social and cultural innovations, together with patients, activists' and sociologists' contributions therein.

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Section: Structural Inequalitiesmentioning

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The sociology of cancer: a decade of research

Kerr

Ross

Jacques

et al. 2018

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…We then conducted content analysis of the transcripts using NVivo 8 (QSR International, Cambridge, MA). Details of our methods are described elsewhere (Kue, Zukoski, Keon, & Thorburn, 2014; Thorburn, Keon, & Kue, 2013; Thorburn, Kue, Keon, & Lo, 2012; Thorburn, Kue, Keon, & Zukoski, 2013). The study was approved by the Oregon State University Institutional Review Board.…”

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Research Challenges and Lessons Learned From Conducting Community-Based Research With the Hmong Community

Kue

Thorburn

Keon

2014

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Background Conducting research with underserved communities with little exposure to research presents a number of challenges and opportunities. Our study used a community-based approach to better understand factors that influence breast and cervical cancer screening among Hmong women. Objective This article shares lessons learned during the process of developing and conducting qualitative research with a Hmong community with limited experience with research. Methods We conducted 17 key informant and 84 in-depth interviews with Hmong women and men. Research team discussions, insights from Hmong research team members, input from our Community Advisory Committee, and project documents were sources of information about the process of conducting research in this community. Results Lessons learned concern including a cultural insider as an investigator; building community partnerships and support; establishing and working with a community advisory committee; hiring and training bilingual, bicultural staff; and using culturally appropriate materials and methods in a small, kinship-based community. We used multiple strategies to ensure this study was conducted in a culturally appropriate manner. Conclusion The lessons learned from our experiences can provide guidance to researchers on methodological and practical issues in conducting research with the Hmong and can inform future research with the Hmong and other similar underserved populations.

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“…However, Tran et al and Thorburn et al, indicated that healthcare providers and the internet are the most frequently used sources of information about cervical cancer. 39,40 One of the limitations of our study was that the results could not be generalized to the entire population of northern Iran, because our sample was obtained from a major primary health care center that provides free health care services. There are private practices that were not included in our study.…”

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The knowledge, attitude, and action of Northern Iranian women about cervical cancer and screening

Amiri

Haghshenas

Amiri

et al. 2019

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the world among women which its early diagnosis plays an important role in the prognosis. There are many factors that contribute to the participation in the screening programs, most notably the level of knowledge and attitude of people towards cancer. Understanding the level of these factors in the female population and its association with participation in screening programs is important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of women in the north of Iran to compare these factors between two groups with different baseline knowledge.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among female medical clients and healthcare staff in a healthcare center in the north of Iran. All the eligible patients were interviewed and were asked to fill a questionnaire containing the demographic data, knowledge, attitude, and action about cervical cancer and screening. The data were analyzed by SPSS v24.Results: A total of 283 females entered our study of which 156(55.1%) were clients of the healthcare center and 127(44.9%) were non-physician healthcare staff. Ninety (60.8%) of clients and 39(56.5%) of the staff have performed pap smear at least once (p=0.556). The levels of knowledge and attitude were significantly lower in the clients (p < 0.001 and p=0.003, respectively). There were no significant differences regarding the level of knowledge and attitude between those who performed pap smear and those who did not (0.621 and 0.788, respectively).Conclusions: Increasing awareness, especially improving attitudes in the female population, should be the focus of the health care system to encourage more women to participate in screening programs.

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Sources of Breast and Cervical Cancer Information for Hmong Women and Men

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

The sociology of cancer: a decade of research

The sociology of cancer: a decade of research

Research Challenges and Lessons Learned From Conducting Community-Based Research With the Hmong Community

The knowledge, attitude, and action of Northern Iranian women about cervical cancer and screening

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