Using a Participatory Four-Step Protocol to Develop Culturally Targeted Cancer Education Brochures

Native Hawaiians have a high cancer burden, but few culturally targeted cancer education brochures exist. The authors followed a participatory four-step protocol, involving more than 200 health providers and clients, to develop and test culturally targeted brochures on skin, oral, cervical, prostate...

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Published in:Health promotion practice 2008-10, Vol.9 (4), p.344-355
Main Authors: Kulukulualani, Manny, Braun, Kathryn L., Tsark, JoAnn U.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Brochures
Cancer
Cervical cancer
Community Health Planning - methods
Community Participation
Community-Based Participatory Research
Comprehension
Consumers
Culture
Female
Hawaii
Hawaiian people
Health education
Health Education - methods
Health information services
Health Planning Guidelines
Health Services, Indigenous - organization & administration
Humans
Information Dissemination
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - classification
Neoplasms - ethnology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Oceanic Ancestry Group - education
Pacific Islanders
Population Groups - education
Program Development
Prostate
Public health education
Testicular cancer
United States
Young Adult
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Summary:Native Hawaiians have a high cancer burden, but few culturally targeted cancer education brochures exist. The authors followed a participatory four-step protocol, involving more than 200 health providers and clients, to develop and test culturally targeted brochures on skin, oral, cervical, prostate, and testicular cancers. The final products featured Hawaiian faces, scenes, words, and activities. They proved more attractive than existing materials, in particular to younger Hawaiians, and posttests suggested good comprehension of intended messages. This protocol may have application in other communities that want to develop brochures that are attractive, acceptable, readable, and useful to minority clients and their providers.
ISSN:1524-8399
1552-6372
DOI:10.1177/1524839907302737