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- Title
Culturally-Relevant Online Cancer Education Modules Empower Alaska's Community Health Aides/Practitioners to Disseminate Cancer Information and Reduce Cancer Risk.
- Authors
Cueva, Katie; Revels, Laura; Cueva, Melany; Lanier, Anne P.; Dignan, Mark; Viswanath, K.; Fung, Teresa T.; Geller, Alan C.
- Abstract
To address a desire for timely, medically accurate cancer education in rural Alaska, ten culturally relevant online learning modules were developed with, and for, Alaska's Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHA/Ps). The project was guided by the framework of Community-Based Participatory Action Research, honored Indigenous Ways of Knowing, and was informed by Empowerment Theory. A total of 428 end-of-module evaluation surveys were completed by 89 unique Alaska CHA/Ps between January and December 2016. CHA/Ps shared that as a result of completing the modules, they were empowered to share cancer information with their patients, families, friends, and communities, as well as engage in cancer risk reduction behaviors such as eating healthier, getting cancer screenings, exercising more, and quitting tobacco. CHA/Ps also reported the modules were informative and respectful of their diverse cultures. These results from end-of-module evaluation surveys suggest that the collaboratively developed, culturally relevant, online cancer education modules have empowered CHA/Ps to reduce cancer risk and disseminate cancer information. "brought me to tears couple of times, and I think it will help in destroying the silence that surrounds cancer".
- Subjects
ALASKA; TUMOR prevention; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; ALTERNATIVE education; CLINICAL competence; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH funding; RURAL population; TUMORS; CULTURAL competence; EARLY detection of cancer
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Education, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 5, p1102
- ISSN
0885-8195
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s13187-017-1217-4