ERIC Number: EJ1074941
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
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Increasing Melanoma Screening among Hispanic/Latino Americans: A Community-Based Educational Intervention
Chung, Grace Y.; Brown, Gina; Gibson, Desmond
Health Education & Behavior, v42 n5 p627-632 Oct 2015
Melanoma incidence is increasing among Hispanics/Latinos in California. This community-based project reached out to a rural Hispanic/Latino community in North San Diego County to provide melanoma prevention and screening education. At a local community health fair, bilingual volunteer lay health workers led 10- to 15-minute-long information sessions on melanoma disease, risk factors, and skin self-examination techniques. Pearson chi-square analyses of participants' (N = 34) responses to pre- and postintervention evaluation surveys indicate significant increases in knowledge, risk awareness, and self-efficacy for self-screening. The results revealed that Hispanics/Latinos in a low socioeconomic stratum might be at moderate to high risk for developing melanoma. Their low annual income, low level of education, occupational sun-exposure, and lack of access to health care are likely factors that deter at-risk Hispanics/Latinos from seeking health care.
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Cancer, Hispanic Americans, Community Education, Intervention, Incidence, Health Promotion, Prevention, Pretests Posttests, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Participant Satisfaction, Knowledge Level, Consciousness Raising, Familiarity, Risk, Self Efficacy, Socioeconomic Influences, Low Income Groups, Educational Attainment, Work Environment, Access to Health Care, Health Behavior, Adult Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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