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Direct linkKa'opua, Lana Sue I.; Park, Soon H.; Ward, Margaret E.; Braun, Kathryn L. – Health & Social Work, 2011
The authors report on the feasibility of delivering a church-based breast cancer screening intervention tailored on the cultural strengths of rural-dwelling Hawaiians. Native Hawaiian women are burdened by disproportionately high mortality from breast cancer, which is attributed to low participation in routine mammography. Mammography is proven to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Churches, Cancer, Screening Tests
Holt, Cheryl L.; Wynn, Theresa A.; Lewis, Ivey; Litaker, Mark S.; Jeames, Sanford; Huckaby, Francine; Stroud, Leonardo; Southward, Penny L.; Simons, Virgil; Lee, Crystal; Ross, Louis; Mitchell, Theodies – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: Prostate and colorectal cancer (CRC) rates are disproportionately high among African-American men. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an intervention in which barbers were trained to educate clients about early detection for prostate and CRC. Design/methodology/approach: Working with an advisory panel of local…
Descriptors: Intervention, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Public Health
Cueva, Melany; Kuhnley, Regina; Lanier, Anne P.; Dignan, Mark – Convergence, 2006
Community Health Aides and Community Health Practitioners (CHA/Ps), the primary providers of healthcare in rural Alaska, share the importance of story as a culturally respectful way for creating meaning and broadening understanding. Story is woven into the fabric of cancer education courses for CHA/Ps. Between May 2004 and April 2007, 13 week-long…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Public Health, Cancer, Health Education
