ArticleJournal of community health2014
Correlates of perceived risk of developing cancer among African-Americans in South Los Angeles.
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- Inflammatory Cytokines Associated with Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes, and Hypertension Exacerbate Breast Cancer Risk in Underserved African American and Latin American Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Racial, Lifestyle, and Healthcare Contributors to Perceived Cancer Risk among Physically Active Adolescent and Young Adult Women Aged 18-39 Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Community health advisors assessing adherence to national cancer screening guidelines among African Americans in South Los Angeles.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Psychotropic and Opioid-Based Medication Use among Economically Disadvantaged African-American Older Adults.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Promoting Cancer Screening in Partnership With Health Ministries in 9 African American Churches in South Los Angeles: An Implementation Pilot Study.Preventing chronic disease · 2019Article
- Multiple Health Behaviors Engagement in an African American Cohort: Clustering Patterns and Correlates.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2019Article
- Perceived risk of colorectal and breast cancers among women who are overweight or with obesity.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Family health history and genetic services-the East Baltimore community stakeholder interview project.Journal of community genetics · 2019Article
- Cancer-related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors within the Latino Faith Community in South Los Angeles.Ethnicity & disease · 2019Article
- Integrating Community Expertise into the Academy: South Los Angeles' Community-Academic Model for Partnered Research.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2016Article
- Understanding Perceived Benefit of Early Cancer Detection: Community-Partnered Research with African American Women in South Los Angeles.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2015Article
- Prescribing patterns in the treatment of hypertension among underserved African American elderly.Ethnicity & disease · 2014Article
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Abstract
There are differences in cancer-risk perception among racial/ethnic groups that may affect health risk behaviors. Using a community partnered-participatory research approach, we conducted a survey on cancer screening, risk behaviors, and related knowledge/attitudes within 11 churches in South Los Angeles with predominantly African-American parishioners. This analysis examines correlates of perceived risk of developing cancer among 755 African American adults. Almost 15 % of participants indicated higher perceived risk for cancer compared to the average man/woman of the same age, 38 % indicated same risk, whereas 48 % perceived lower risk. Sixty-nine individuals (9 %) reported a cancer history and 63 % reported at least one blood relative with cancer. Controlling for demographic characteristics and healthcare access, participants who reported higher risk of cancer had higher level of cancer-related knowledge; were current and ex-smokers; had poorer health status; had a blood relative with cancer; had a cancer history; and had discussed their risk of cancer with their doctor. The bivariate association between high perceived cancer risk and lack of exercise and obesity disappeared after adjusting for demographic characteristics and perceived health status. Our data suggest that a substantial proportion of African Americans in South Los Angeles may underestimate their cancer risk. Additionally, lack of exercise and obesity are not recognized as independent cancer risk factors as much as smoking and personal and family history of cancer. Next steps will be to inform participating churches about our findings and explore their interest in taking steps to reduce health risk behaviors among their parishioners.
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