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Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community
OBJECTIVE: To assess awareness levels and knowledge of colorectal cancer (CRC) and CRC screening among an Indigenous Caribbean community. METHODS: A community-based participatory research project was developed to perform a needs assessment of cancer prevention and education in an Indigenous non-metr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9898893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36737701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14810-5 |
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author | Warner, Zachary C. Gilbert-Gard, Kacy Reid, Brandon Joseph, Winnie Kepka, Deanna Auguste, Priscilla Warner, Echo L. |
author_facet | Warner, Zachary C. Gilbert-Gard, Kacy Reid, Brandon Joseph, Winnie Kepka, Deanna Auguste, Priscilla Warner, Echo L. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess awareness levels and knowledge of colorectal cancer (CRC) and CRC screening among an Indigenous Caribbean community. METHODS: A community-based participatory research project was developed to perform a needs assessment of cancer prevention and education in an Indigenous non-metropolitan community in Dominica. Purposive sampling occurred at a local health clinic. Data was collected from 58 eligible patients via a 57-item structured interview. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and demographic correlates of CRC knowledge and awareness were assessed using chi-square and Fisher Exact tests. RESULTS: Of 58 participants, 72.4% identified as Indigenous, and 36.5% had heard of CRC. Most respondents (96.1%) believed CRC screening to be “important,” yet only 3.0% of those who were age eligible had received screening in the prior 10 years, and 12.5% knew how to get screened. More respondents with incomes over $5,000 ECD had heard of CRC (72.2%) compared to those who had not (21.7%), and those who were unsure (16.7%, p < 0.01). Among those with a family cancer history, 14.3% knew how to get tested for CRC, 60.0% did not, and 25.0% were unsure (p < 0.03). CONCLUSION: Despite limited familiarity with CRC screening, participants broadly believed CRC screening to be important. Health education research is needed to develop patient-centered, culturally appropriate materials about CRC screening and prevention. Future work facilitating productive community partnerships and incorporating prevailing community traditions may align cancer prevention and education initiatives with community priorities. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-14810-5. |
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spelling | pubmed-98988932023-02-05 Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community Warner, Zachary C. Gilbert-Gard, Kacy Reid, Brandon Joseph, Winnie Kepka, Deanna Auguste, Priscilla Warner, Echo L. BMC Public Health Research OBJECTIVE: To assess awareness levels and knowledge of colorectal cancer (CRC) and CRC screening among an Indigenous Caribbean community. METHODS: A community-based participatory research project was developed to perform a needs assessment of cancer prevention and education in an Indigenous non-metropolitan community in Dominica. Purposive sampling occurred at a local health clinic. Data was collected from 58 eligible patients via a 57-item structured interview. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and demographic correlates of CRC knowledge and awareness were assessed using chi-square and Fisher Exact tests. RESULTS: Of 58 participants, 72.4% identified as Indigenous, and 36.5% had heard of CRC. Most respondents (96.1%) believed CRC screening to be “important,” yet only 3.0% of those who were age eligible had received screening in the prior 10 years, and 12.5% knew how to get screened. More respondents with incomes over $5,000 ECD had heard of CRC (72.2%) compared to those who had not (21.7%), and those who were unsure (16.7%, p < 0.01). Among those with a family cancer history, 14.3% knew how to get tested for CRC, 60.0% did not, and 25.0% were unsure (p < 0.03). CONCLUSION: Despite limited familiarity with CRC screening, participants broadly believed CRC screening to be important. Health education research is needed to develop patient-centered, culturally appropriate materials about CRC screening and prevention. Future work facilitating productive community partnerships and incorporating prevailing community traditions may align cancer prevention and education initiatives with community priorities. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-14810-5. BioMed Central 2023-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9898893/ /pubmed/36737701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14810-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Warner, Zachary C. Gilbert-Gard, Kacy Reid, Brandon Joseph, Winnie Kepka, Deanna Auguste, Priscilla Warner, Echo L. Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community |
title | Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community |
title_full | Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community |
title_fullStr | Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community |
title_short | Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community |
title_sort | knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly indigenous caribbean community |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9898893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36737701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14810-5 |
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