Cancer risk reduction in Mexican American women: the role of acculturation, education, and health risk factors

This article describes a two-factor schema for the development of culturally appropriate cancer risk reduction interventions for Mexican American women. Regarding this approach, risk factors for two major cancer areas are reviewed: cigarette smoking and obesity/diet. We first describe a schema that...

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Published in:Health education & behavior 1995-02, Vol.22 (1), p.61-84
Main Authors: Balcazar, Hector, Castro, Felipe G., Krull, Jennifer L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer
COMPORTAMIENTO HUMANO
COMPORTEMENT HUMAIN
CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES
CONTROLE DE MALADIES
DIETA
EDUCACION
EDUCATION
ENCUESTAS
ENQUETE
ENSAYO
ENTORNO SOCIOCULTURAL
ENVIRONNEMENT SOCIOCULTUREL
ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL
FACTEUR PSYCHOLOGIQUE
FACTORES PSICOLOGICOS
Female
FEMME
FRAGMENTACION DEL MERCADO
GROUPE ETHNIQUE
GRUPOS ETNICOS
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion
Humans
Medical sciences
Mexican American people
Mexican Americans
MODELE
MODELOS
MUJERES
NEOPLASMAS
NEOPLASME
Neoplasms - ethnology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Obesity - ethnology
Prevention and actions
Program Development
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
REGIME ALIMENTAIRE
Risk Factors
Risk reduction
SALUD
SANTE
SEGMENTATION DU MARCHE
SERVICE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
SERVICIOS DE SALUD
Smoking - ethnology
SOBREPESO
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
STRUCTURE SOCIALE
SURPOIDS
TABAC
TABACO
TESTAGE
United States - epidemiology
Women
Women's Health
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Summary:This article describes a two-factor schema for the development of culturally appropriate cancer risk reduction interventions for Mexican American women. Regarding this approach, risk factors for two major cancer areas are reviewed: cigarette smoking and obesity/diet. We first describe a schema that facilitates the planning of strategies associated with preferred health interventions and preventive approaches for cancer risk reduction with Mexican American and other Latino/Hispanic persons. This schema examines Acculturation and Education as key factors that should be considered in developing health education messages and interventions that are culturally and educationally appropriate to the identified subpopulations of Hispanics in terms of language and informational content of the message and in terms of psychological factors related to health behavior change. Empirical data from a community sample is presented for the purpose of illustrating the validity of this schema. Then we review studies that examine the effect of acculturation on the distribution of the risk factors, based on studies in the current literature. Here we note the target group of women with the highest risk, based on the available information on Acculturation and other sociodemographic factors. Additionally, an illustration is presented where information and the concepts offered by the two-factor schema facilitate the analysis of (a) health education message needs and (b) needed behavior change, thus pointing to (c) more appropriate health promotion strategies for targeted Hispanic/Latino individuals or groups. The information described in this article aims to help program planners, researchers, and health educators in the design of more effective programs of health intervention for Mexican American and other Hispanic/Latino women
ISSN:0195-8402
1090-1981
2732-5601
1552-6127
DOI:10.1177/109019819502200107