Overcoming Barriers to Cancer Care Through Health Navigation Programs

To provide an overview of theoretical concepts in community-based, culturally tailored health navigation programs that have improved access to health care for ethnic minority populations, particularly for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Published articles, reports, book chapters, government d...

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Published in:Seminars in oncology nursing 2008-11, Vol.24 (4), p.270-278
Main Authors: Nguyen, Tu-Uyen Ngoc, Kagawa-Singer, Marjorie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian American people
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Cancer
Cancer disparities
Community based
Community health navigation
Cultural Competency
Culturally tailored programs
Health
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Navigation
Neoplasms - nursing
Neoplasms - therapy
Nursing
Pacific Islander people
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Summary:To provide an overview of theoretical concepts in community-based, culturally tailored health navigation programs that have improved access to health care for ethnic minority populations, particularly for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Published articles, reports, book chapters, government documents, research findings. Community-based patient navigation interventions provide promising strategies for providing culturally tailored programs that are more likely to succeed in eliminating cancer disparities in screening and early detection of cancers for diverse cultural communities. Nurses need to be more involved in developing and delivering effective, culturally competent community-based cancer screening and treatment navigation programs through education, practice, research, and policy improvement.
ISSN:0749-2081
1878-3449
DOI:10.1016/j.soncn.2008.08.007