Cancer-related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors within the Latino Faith Community in South Los Angeles

Objectives: The goal of this study was to establish relationships with Latino churches in South Los Angeles and to collect data from parishioners regarding their access to care, cancer risk factors, and cancer-related knowledge, attitudes and screening.Methods: In 2014, we approached five Latino churches. All allowed us to describe the study and to consent potential respondents at a designated time during the church service.Results: 398 Latino respondents (75% female) completed the survey in English (15%) or Spanish (85%). Most respondents were born in Mexico (63%). Only 56% had health insurance and 51% had a regular doctor. Based on self-reported height and weight, 33% were overweight and 51% were obese. However, only 42% of obese respondents had been told by their doctor that they were obese. Although it is well-established that obesity is a major cancer risk factor, respondents lacked knowledge about the important role of nutrition and exercise in cancer prevention. Among women, adherence to national screening guidelines was 88% for cervical cancer, 72% for breast cancer and 58% for colorectal cancer. However, they were quite willing to undergo cancer screening if recommended by a physician and reported few barriers to colorectal cancer screening.Conclusions: Our data suggest a need to focus on both primary and secondary cancer prevention by promoting healthy lifestyles to curb the obesity epidemic and by promoting colorectal cancer screening. These data will inform future interventions to promote wellness in South Los Angeles in collaboration with the Latino faith community. Ethn Dis. 2019;29(2):239-246; doi:10.18865/ed.29.2.239

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Effects of family health history-based colorectal cancer prevention education among non-adherent Chinese Americans to colorectal cancer screening guidelines

Patient Education and Counseling ◽

10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.005 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Haocen Wang ◽

Yu-Lyu Yeh ◽

Ming Li ◽

Ping Ma ◽

Oi-Man Kwok ◽

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Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Cancer Prevention ◽

Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽

Family Health ◽

Chinese Americans ◽

Prevention Education ◽

Screening Guidelines ◽

Health History ◽

Colorectal Cancer Prevention

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Community health advisors assessing adherence to national cancer screening guidelines among African Americans in South Los Angeles

Preventive Medicine Reports ◽

10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101096 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 101096

Author(s):

Annette E. Maxwell ◽

Aziza Lucas-Wright ◽

Juana Gatson ◽

Claudia Vargas ◽

Rhonda E. Santifer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cancer Screening ◽

African Americans ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Community Health ◽

Community Health Advisors ◽

Screening Guidelines ◽

South Los Angeles

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Factors Affecting Cancer Prevention Behaviors and Cancer Screening in First-Degree Relatives of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Patients in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice ◽

10.1891/rtnp-d-20-00113 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. RTNP-D-20-00113

Author(s):

Yoonjung Lee ◽

Kyunghwa Lee ◽

Sanghee Kim

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Cancer Risk ◽

Cancer Prevention ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Cancer Worry ◽

Cancer Knowledge ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Colorectal Cancer Patients

BackgroundFirst-degree relatives (FDRs) of cancer patients have a high risk of cancer due to a similar lifestyle and genetic predisposition. However, previous studies rarely examined the level of cancer prevention behaviors and screening and affecting factors in cancer patients’ FDRs.PurposeThis study aimed to describe the levels of cancer knowledge, attitudes toward cancer, cancer worry, perceived cancer risk, and cancer prevention behaviors and cancer screening in FDRs of breast and colorectal cancer patients. Moreover, it sought to identify factors affecting cancer prevention behavior and cancer screening.MethodsA cross-sectional, descriptive correlational design was used. The study enrolled 138 FDRs of breast and colorectal cancer patients. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires at a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. Descriptive statistics, frequencies, chi-square test, independent t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson’s correlation, multiple regression, and logistic regression were performed for data analysis.ResultsThe levels of perceived cancer risk, cancer knowledge, attitude toward cancer, and cancer prevention behaviors were moderate, while the level of cancer worry was high. Ninety-two participants reported having undergone cancer screenings, but the types of screening were not associated with their family history. Age, gender, and attitude toward cancer affected cancer prevention behaviors. The cancer screening rate was higher in older participants, in women, and in patients’ FDRs with a longer cancer diagnosis.Implications for PracticeAttitude was the modifiable factor for cancer prevention behaviors. Nurse-led educational and counseling interventions should be developed to improve attitude toward cancer among FDRs of cancer patients.

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Feasibility Study to Assess the Impact of a Lifestyle Intervention during Colorectal Cancer Screening in France

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13113685 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 3685

Author(s):

Inge Huybrechts ◽

Nathalie Kliemann ◽

Olivia Perol ◽

Anne Cattey-Javouhey ◽

Nicolas Benech ◽

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Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Cancer Risk ◽

Cancer Prevention ◽

Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽

Feasibility Study ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

Educational Material ◽

Current Evidence ◽

Lifestyle Recommendations

Current evidence suggests that 30–50% of cancers are attributable to established lifestyle risk factors. Cancer-screening has been identified as an opportunity for delivering advice on lifestyle behaviour change for cancer prevention. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptance of promoting advice on the latest evidence-based lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention at the time of colorectal cancer screening at two hospitals in Lyon, France. This feasibility study included 49 patients (20 men and 29 women) who were invited for colonoscopy. Patients received a leaflet with lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention, accompanied with a logbook to plan and monitor their behavioural changes. Feedback from patients, hospital staff, and researchers was received via evaluation questionnaires (n = 26) completed after testing the educational material for at least two weeks and via two focus group discussions (n = 7 and n = 9 respectively) organized at the end of the study. All interviewed patients were interested in lowering their cancer risk, and the majority felt ready to change their lifestyle (88%), although most did not know how to decrease their risk of cancer (61%). All patients found the educational material easy to understand and sufficiently attractive and 50% of the patients reported having achieved at least one of the healthy behaviours recommended within the two weeks following the intervention. All hospital staff and almost all patients (92%) involved found that the screening program and the visits planned for colonoscopy was an appropriate moment to provide them with the educational material. This feasibility study has shown that the content, paper-based format, and time of delivery of the intervention were adequate. Health professionals seem to be willing to provide lifestyle recommendations, and patients appear interested in receiving advice for lowering their cancer risk during screening visits.

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Colon cancer: risk factors and screening

Spravočnik vrača obŝej praktiki (Journal of Family Medicine) ◽

10.33920/med-10-2004-02 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 13-22

Author(s):

Mark Natanson

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Cancer Risk ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Dysplastic Lesion ◽

Test Analysis ◽

Cancer Risk Factors ◽

Colon Cancer Risk ◽

Neoplastic Process ◽

Rectal Cancers

Colon and rectal cancers are usually combined under the same term "colorectal cancer". It should be noted that the lesion of the colon is much more common. Colorectal cancer ranks fourth in the overall structure of oncological pathology in terms of prevalence, and in some countries even comes third after lung and stomach cancer. Risk factors that contribute to the development of colorectal cancer include bowel polyps, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and a genetic predisposition. Most often, neoplastic transformation occurs at the site of an adenoma or dysplastic lesion of the intestinal mucosa. Due to the high risk of neoplastic process in a sufficiently large number of elderly people, it is recommended that every person over the age of 50 should undergo compulsory screening to detect latent cancer. The simplest, but at the same time insufficiently informative method is a blood culture test - analysis for the presence of blood in the feces. Method of total colonoscopy and double-contrast radiography is distinguished by a higher information content, but at the same time a higher cost. It is recommended to have these examinations every three to five years after the age of 50 years without clinical manifestations, and after the age of 40 for those at risk for colorectal cancer.

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