Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Haitian Americans

Objectives Greater patient activation, defined as having the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage one’s health, is associated with cancer control behaviors. Cancer risk beliefs may be associated with patient activation, and delineating this relationship could inform cancer control interventions across diverse patient subgroups. This study examines associations between cancer risk beliefs, language preference, and patient activation within a multi-lingual urban primary care setting. Design Patients aged 18 and older within a New York City public hospital serving a large proportion of non-native born Americans were surveyed regarding their cancer risk beliefs and patient activation in Haitian Creole, Spanish, or English based on language preference during a health care visit. Results The sample (N=460) included 150 Haitian Creole speakers, 159 Spanish speakers, and 151 English speakers, and was primarily non-white (92%). Most participants (84%) had not been born in the United States. Cancer risk beliefs differed across language preference. Beliefs that cancer could be avoided by minimizing thoughts about cancer risk were significantly higher in Haitian Creole speakers compared to others; reported negative emotion when thinking about cancer risk was higher in Spanish and English versus Haitian Creole speakers. These cancer risk beliefs were positively related to patient activation, even when controlling for language preference. Conclusion Cancer risk beliefs differ across language preference, and are related to patient activation, making them potential important in cancer control. Consideration of language represents important demographic stratification for understanding the frequency and relevance of different beliefs about cancer and patient activation.

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Cancer beliefs and patient activation in a diverse, multilingual primary care sample

Hay

Zabor

Kumar

et al. 2016

Psycho-Oncology

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Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in US Immigrants: A Scoping Review

Puli

Lussiez²,

MacEachern³

et al. 2023

Journal of Surgical Research

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Cancer beliefs and patient activation in a diverse, multilingual primary care sample

Cancer beliefs and patient activation in a diverse, multilingual primary care sample

Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in US Immigrants: A Scoping Review

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