Cultural sensitivity and readability of breast and prostate printed cancer education materials targeting African Americans

Cancer prevention materials such as pamphlets, booklets, and fact sheets play a significant role in reducing cancer disparities. Little is documented in the literature about the cultural sensitivity of materials targeting African Americans. The Cancer Prevention Materials and African Americans proje...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the National Medical Association 1998-03, Vol.90 (3), p.165-169
Main Authors: GUIDRY, J. J, FAGON, P, WALKER, V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Culture
Female
General populations
Health Education
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Prevention and actions
Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reading
United States
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Cancer prevention materials such as pamphlets, booklets, and fact sheets play a significant role in reducing cancer disparities. Little is documented in the literature about the cultural sensitivity of materials targeting African Americans. The Cancer Prevention Materials and African Americans project was conducted to assess the cultural sensitivity and readability of printed cancer education materials targeting African Americans. Results showed current breast and cancer materials are not written at appropriate reading levels, and only 54% of the breast and 40% of the prostate cancer materials were found to be culturally sensitive. Even though the materials are being developed and disseminated in health fairs, physician offices, barber shops, and other locations, the materials are still not reflective of the African-American populations and do not consider literacy, visual, written messages, and format as factors in their utilization. Future studies should assess the appropriateness of materials for African Americans to promote and prevent cancer in African Americans.
ISSN:0027-9684
1943-4693