ERIC Number: EJ918429
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Apr
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-3552
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Cancer, Employment, and American Indians: A Participatory Action Research Pilot Study
Johnson, Sharon R.; Finifrock, DeAnna; Marshall, Catherine A.; Jaakola, Julia; Setterquist, Janette; Burross, Heidi L.; Hodge, Felicia Schanche
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, v54 n3 p175-180 Apr 2011
American Indian cancer survivors are an underserved and understudied group. In this pilot study we attempted to address, through participatory action research, missing information about those factors that serve to either facilitate employment or hinder it for adult cancer survivors. One task of the study was to develop and/or modify instrumentation that could be used in a subsequent, in-depth census study. The pilot sample consisted of 10 cancer survivors, all members of a Northern Minnesota American Indian tribe, and 10 family members. All survivors reported having health problems such as fatigue since their cancer treatments. Rehabilitation counselors can assist survivors and their family members by advising them in regard to employment discrimination and accommodations such as flexible work schedules.
Descriptors: Working Hours, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Action Research, American Indians, Cancer, Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselors, Adjustment (to Environment), Participatory Research, Health, Fatigue (Biology), Family (Sociological Unit)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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