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Effects of family health history-based colorectal cancer prevention education among non-adherent Chinese Americans to colorectal cancer screening guidelines
- Source :
- Patient education and counseling. 104(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This study examined the effects of the first family health history (FHH)-based colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention education on 1) FHH of CRC communication with family members and primary care physicians (PCPs), 2) fecal occult blood test (FOBT) uptake, and 3) CRC preventive lifestyle modifications among 50- to 75-year-old Chinese Americans non-adherent to CRC screening guidelines.Using a community-based participatory research approach, we developed and implemented 62 culturally and linguistically appropriate, theory-driven, FHH-based CRC prevention educational workshops across Texas for 344 Chinese Americans (mostly with low education/income) aged 50-75 years who were non-adherent to CRC screening guidelines.Linear mixed modeling analyses showed that participants' FHH of CRC communication with PCPs and family members significantly increased two-week post-workshop compared to pre-workshop data (ps0.001). Moreover, at two-weeks post-workshop, 91.9 % of participants underwent FOBT. Nevertheless, no significant changes were found in participants' lifestyles.Our educational workshops successfully increased Chinese Americans' FHH of CRC communication and FOBT uptake. Personalized education with longer follow-ups may be needed in future studies to promote lifestyle changes among Chinese Americans.Health and public health professionals may adopt our workshop educational materials to provide patient and public CRC prevention education for Chinese Americans.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Colorectal cancer
education
Community-based participatory research
Participatory action research
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical History Taking
Early Detection of Cancer
Family health history
Chinese americans
Aged
Cancer prevention
Asian
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Public health
Fecal occult blood
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Texas
digestive system diseases
Family medicine
Occult Blood
0305 other medical science
business
Colorectal Neoplasms
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18735134
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Patient education and counseling
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f0d44f88566ad0e502025fa5f092e8ba