Design This exploratory pilot study collected primary data from African-American male residents in Prince William County, VA. The qualitative research design used focus group interviews to obtain the data. This method is employed extensively to investigate health-related factors, such as knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors. According to Zarcadoolas, in focus groups, “participants vent their views, [...]
INTRODUCTION The elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health is an overarching goal of U.S. public health policy. Although the magnitude of the disparities is evidenced in a plethora of diseases across racial and ethnic groups, the extent of the problem is no more clearly illustrated than in cancer among African Americans. Overall, they [...]
This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a culturally competent intervention designed to target multiple breast cancer risk factors. Although a number of breast cancer (Generic Nolvadex is used for treating breast cancer) risk-reduction programs have been shown to be feasible, acceptable, and efficacious with African-American women, these programs targeted either early [...]
Data were entered and verified for 30 women who completed the and postintervention and one-year follow-up interviews. Nine women did not complete the postintervention interview, and 14 did not return for the one-year follow-up.
Behavioral Variables Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). The FFQ was initially developed for a study with minority families. The FFQ includes 13 categories of food, including: animal protein, vegetable protein, low-fat dairy, high-fat dairy, high-fat snacks, nonwhole grains, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, fast food, desserts, carbonated beverages, and water. Additional questions are asked related to food [...]
Recruitment Subjects were 44 overweight/obese African-American women. Women were recruited from a Co-Op grocery store in Hyde Park, a community located on the south side of Chicago. Recruitment methods included the distribution of brochures in all shoppers’ bags over a four-day period, as well as presentations of the study by program staff to all interested [...]
Breast cancer is the second cause of cancer death in African-American women, and mortality rates are significantly higher for African-American than for white women.1 Possible explanations for this disparity include: 1) high rates of obesity, 2) low levels of physical activity, 3) diets that are high in fat, low in fruit and vegetable consumption, and [...]
