Reaching Hard to Reach Populations with Hard to Communicate Messages: Efficacy of a Breast Health Research Champion Training Program

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dc.contributor.authorRafie, Carlinen
dc.contributor.authorAyers, Antoinetteen
dc.contributor.authorCadet, Debbieen
dc.contributor.authorQuillin, Johnen
dc.contributor.authorHackney, Mary H.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-26T15:23:55Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-26T15:23:55Zen
dc.date.issued2015-09-01en
dc.date.updated2022-01-26T15:23:52Zen
dc.description.abstractA Breast Health Research Champion training program was a developed targeting self-identified community breast health advocates from a predominant African-American community with a significant breast cancer mortality disparity. Twelve individuals completed the program that provided training in breast cancer risk and screening, breast cancer research, biospecimen in cancer research, and human research subject protection. The training emphasized four key messages to be disseminated to the community. Trainees hosted a minimum of two social chats with individuals from their social networks and functioned as community researchers, acquiring consent and gathering follow-up data from attendees. Trainees reached 199 individuals from their social networks, and chats were diverse in the venue selected, mode of message transmission, and the audience reached. Post/pre questionnaire data from attendees at the chats showed significant improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and intended behaviors as it relates to breast cancer screening, clinical research, and biospecimen in research. Forty percent of attendees provided 4-week follow-up information. Of respondents eligible for mammography, 38 % had taken action to be screened, and 86 % of respondents had spoken about the information to someone else in their social network. Trainees expressed feelings of empowerment after completing the project, “feeling like the expert,” and all trainees were surprised at the enthusiastic response from attendees of their chats. Trainees continued to disseminate the information learned from the training program during the 6 months following the training, reaching an additional 786 individuals in the community.en
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dc.format.extentPages 599-606en
dc.format.extent8 page(s)en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-014-0720-0en
dc.identifier.eissn1543-0154en
dc.identifier.issn0885-8195en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.orcidRafie, Carlin [0000-0002-1402-5650]en
dc.identifier.pmid25171905en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/107927en
dc.identifier.volume30en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
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dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicineen
dc.subjectOncologyen
dc.subjectEducation, Scientific Disciplinesen
dc.subjectPublic, Environmental & Occupational Healthen
dc.subjectEducation & Educational Researchen
dc.subjectBreast cancer disparityen
dc.subjectClinical researchen
dc.subjectBiospecimenen
dc.subjectTraining programen
dc.subjectAfrican-Americanen
dc.subjectCLINICAL-TRIALSen
dc.subjectPublic Healthen
dc.subject1110 Nursingen
dc.subject1117 Public Health and Health Servicesen
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshBreast Neoplasmsen
dc.subject.meshMammographyen
dc.subject.meshRisk Assessmenten
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen
dc.subject.meshHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practiceen
dc.subject.meshInformation Disseminationen
dc.subject.meshHealth Educationen
dc.subject.meshBiomedical Researchen
dc.subject.meshAdulten
dc.subject.meshAgeden
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.meshAfrican Americansen
dc.subject.meshResearch Subjectsen
dc.subject.meshFemaleen
dc.subject.meshHealth Status Disparitiesen
dc.subject.meshEarly Detection of Canceren
dc.subject.meshCommunity Health Workersen
dc.titleReaching Hard to Reach Populations with Hard to Communicate Messages: Efficacy of a Breast Health Research Champion Training Programen
dc.title.serialJournal of Cancer Educationen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
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