Engaging African American women in research: an approach to eliminate health disparities in the African American community

Speights, Joedrecka S. Brown; Nowakowski, Alexandra C. H.; Leon, Jessica De; Mitchell, M. Miaisha; Simpson, Ivana

doi:10.1093/fampra/cmx026

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“…Within the population health domain, mental health (n = 5), environmental research (n = 3) and cancer research (n = 3) were the most mentioned subareas. A selection of reviews (n = 25) focused on research partnerships with specific groups of stakeholders, such as Indigenous and ethnic minority populations (n = 4) [50,54,67,79], children and youth (n = 3) [87,88,104], elderly (n = 3) [24,57,85], organisations, managers, decision-or policymakers (n = 3) [56,66,76], people with intellectual disabilities (n = 3) [65,86,90], people with mental illness (n = 3), and other vulnerable populations (n = 5).…”

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A review of reviews on principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts of research partnerships approaches: a first step in synthesising the research partnership literature

Hoekstra

Mrklas

Khan

et al. 2020

Health Res Policy Sys

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Background: Conducting research in partnership with stakeholders (e.g. policy-makers, practitioners, organisations, patients) is a promising and popular approach to improving the implementation of research findings in policy and practice. This study aimed to identify the principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts reported in different types of reviews of research partnerships in order to obtain a better understanding of the scope of the research partnership literature. Methods: This review of reviews is part of a Coordinated Multicenter Team approach to synthesise the research partnership literature with five conceptually linked literature reviews. The main research question was 'What principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts are reported in different types of research partnership approaches?'. We included articles describing a literature review of research partnerships using a systematic search strategy. We used an adapted version of the Revised Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews tool to assess quality. Nine electronic databases were searched from inception to April 2018. Principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts were extracted from the included reviews and analysed using direct content analysis. Results: We included 86 reviews using terms describing several research partnership approaches (e.g. community-based participatory research, participatory research, integrated knowledge translation). After the analyses, we synthesised 17 overarching principles and 11 overarching strategies and grouped them into one of the following subcategories: relationship between partners; co-production of knowledge; meaningful stakeholder engagement; capacity-building, support and resources; communication process; and ethical issues related to the collaborative research activities. Similarly, we synthesised 20 overarching outcomes and impacts on researchers, stakeholders, the community or society, and the research process.

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Section: Literature Searchmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of reviews on principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts of research partnerships approaches: a first step in synthesising the research partnership literature

Hoekstra

Mrklas

Khan

et al. 2020

Health Res Policy Sys

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162

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“…[418] Therefore, investigating the level of perceived knowledge and beliefs of the people about cancer warning signs can play an important role in disease prevention at the community level. Since women's health is considered a basis for the health of the population, families, and society, as well as a development indicator in countries,[19] HBM-based educational intervention was designed for a group of women at urban health centers. Considering the important role of nurses and other health-care team members at the first level of prevention, this study aimed to “determine the effect of HBM-based educational intervention on knowledge and perceived beliefs of women about cancer warning signs.” Therefore, this hypothesis was formulated in this study as “HBM-based educational intervention has an influence on women's knowledge and their perceived beliefs about cancer warning signs.”…”

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Health Belief Model-based Intervention on Women's Knowledge and Perceived Beliefs about Warning Signs of Cancer

Sharifikia

Rohani

Estebsari

et al. 2019

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

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Objective: Early detection of cancers essentially depends on knowledge of the warning signs. This study, therefore, aimed at investigating the effect of Health Belief Model (HBM)-based educational intervention on the knowledge and perceived beliefs of women about the warning signs of cancer. Methods: This experimental study with intervention ( n = 80) and control ( n = 80) groups was performed at four urban health centers affiliated to the university. Data collection was done in two phases, before and one month after the educational intervention, using three instruments, a demographic-clinical information questionnaire, the awareness questionnaire on cancer warning signs, and the cancer warning signs-HBM questionnaire. Results: The results of the multivariate repeated-measures analyses of variance indicated that the hypothesis of this study was confirmed. It means that “women's knowledge and their perceived beliefs of cancer warning signs” improved after HBM-based educational intervention in the intervention group, compared to the controls over time. Thus, the “level of knowledge” and perceived beliefs of the women in the intervention group compared to the controls increased, in terms of perceived “sensitivity,” “severity,” “benefits,” “barriers,” “cue to action,” and “self-efficacy” over time ( P < 0.001). Conclusions: It could be hoped that this intervention would be effective for improving the performance of women in health-promoting behaviors of cancer prevention. It is recommended that health-care providers plan for HBM-based educational interventions, based on educational needs of the target groups at different community levels.

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“…8 9 Similarly, African Americans are under-represented in health promotion research. [10][11][12] There is an urgent need to develop effective, culturally appropriate health promotion interventions to engage African Americans to mitigate conditions that lead to health inequities.…”

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Protocol for a systematic review of health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in US barbershops and hair salons

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IntroductionAfrican American adults are disproportionately burdened by chronic diseases, particularly at younger ages. Developing culturally appropriate interventions is paramount to closing the gap in these health inequities. The purpose of this systematic review is to critically evaluate health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in two environments that are frequented by this population: barbershops and hair salons. Characteristics of effective interventions will be identified and evidence for the effectiveness of these interventions will be provided. Results of this review will inform future health promotion efforts for African Americans particularly focused on the leading health inequities in obesity-related chronic diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.Methods and analysisSubject headings and keywords will be used to search for synonyms of ‘barbershops,’ ‘hair salons’ and ‘African Americans’ to identify all relevant articles (from inception onwards) in the following databases: Academic Search Ultimate, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science (Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index) and ProQuest Dissertations. Experimental and quasi-experimental studies for adult (>18 years) African Americans delivered in barbershops and hair salons will be included. Eligible interventions will include risk reduction/management of obesity-related chronic disease: cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Two reviewers will independently screen, select and extract data and a third will mediate disagreements. The methodological quality (or risk of bias) of individual studies will be appraised using the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment Tool. Quality and content of the evidence will be narratively synthesised.Ethics and disseminationSince this is a protocol for a systematic review, ethical approval is not required. Findings from the review will be widely disseminated through conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications and traditional and social media outlets.

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Engaging African American women in research: an approach to eliminate health disparities in the African American community

Cited by 39 publications

References 36 publications

A review of reviews on principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts of research partnerships approaches: a first step in synthesising the research partnership literature

A review of reviews on principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts of research partnerships approaches: a first step in synthesising the research partnership literature

Health Belief Model-based Intervention on Women's Knowledge and Perceived Beliefs about Warning Signs of Cancer

Protocol for a systematic review of health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in US barbershops and hair salons

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