ArticlePatient education and counseling2010
Using the word 'cancer' in communication about an abnormal Pap test: finding common ground with patient-provider communication.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Abnormal pap tests among women living in a Hispanic migrant farmworker community: A narrative of health literacy.Journal of health psychology · 2018Article
- Efficacy of Cancer Care Communication Between Clinicians and Latino Patients in a Rural US-Mexico Border Region: a Qualitative Study of Barriers and Facilitators to Better Communication.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2018Article
- Why don't dentists talk to patients about oral cancer?British dental journal · 2015Article
- The development of a brief jail-based cervical health promotion intervention.Health promotion practice · 2015Article
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- What women want: patient recommendations for improving access to breast and cervical cancer screening and follow-up.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate provider and patient views about communication regarding cervical cancer screening follow-up.
methodsUsing qualitative analysis, we interviewed 20 providers and 10 patients from two urban clinics that serve low-income African American and Hispanic women. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups assessed familiarity with National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service (CIS) and reactions to a letter asking women with abnormal Pap test to telephone CIS. The letter suggested questions to ask prior to receiving follow-up.
resultsNo patient or provider was familiar with CIS. Providers but not patients expressed discomfort with use of the word 'cancer' in the letter and in CIS's name. Providers feared that reference to cancer would provoke fatalism and impede timely follow-up, whereas patients felt information about cancer risk was needed to prompt timely follow-up. Information providers found necessary to convey in order to accurately explain abnormal Pap tests surpassed patients' literacy levels.
conclusionQualitative data suggest important gaps in perspective between providers and patients. There is a need to bridge the gap and overcome communication challenges to promote timely medical follow-up and have better health outcomes. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Implications and strategies for improving patient-provider education and communication about abnormal Pap test are discussed.
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