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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2015

Medical Advocacy and Supportive Environments for African-Americans Following Abnormal Mammograms.

Yamile Molina, Bridgette H Hempstead, Jacci Thompson-Dodd, Shauna Rae Weatherby, Claire Dunbar, Sarah D Hohl, Rachel C Malen, Rachel M Ceballos

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. The Apgar score and race: why healthy babies are supposed to be "pink".History and philosophy of the life sciences · 2025
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  4. Medical Advocacy among Latina Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  6. The Integration of Value Assessment and Social Network Methods for Breast Health Navigation Among African Americans.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2023
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  7. Positive cancer care in Peru: Patient and provider perspectives.Health care for women international · 2020
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  9. Medical advocacy among African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer: from recipient to resource.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016
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  10. Healthcare Predictors of Information Dissemination About Genetic Risks.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yamile MolinaFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N., M3-B232, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA, ymolina@fhcrc.org.
Bridgette H Hempstead
Jacci Thompson-Dodd
Shauna Rae Weatherby
Claire Dunbar
Sarah D Hohl
Rachel C Malen
Rachel M Ceballos

Funding

Understanding and preventing breast cancer disparties in LatinasP50CA148143 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI CORONADO, GLORIA D · 2010 to 2016
$9.7M
Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Training ProgramR25CA092408 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI PATRICK, DONALD LEE · 2001 to 2015
$7.1M
Addressing Psychosocial Disparities in Rural Hispanic Cancer SurvivorsK01CA154938 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI CEBALLOS, RACHEL M. · 2011 to 2015
$700k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA154938NCI NIH HHS K01CA154938-01A1NCI NIH HHS P50 CA148143NCI NIH HHS P50CA148143NCI NIH HHS R25 CA092408NCI NIH HHS R25CA92408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African-American women experience disproportionately adverse outcomes relative to non-Latina White women after an abnormal mammogram result. Research has suggested medical advocacy and staff support may improve outcomes among this population. The purpose of the study was to understand reasons African-American women believe medical advocacy to be important and examine if and how staff can encourage and be supportive of medical advocacy. A convenience-based sample of 30-74-year-old women who self-identified as African-American/Black/of African descent and who had received an abnormal mammogram result was recruited from community-based organizations, mobile mammography services, and the local department of health. This qualitative study included semi-structured interviews. Patients perceived medical advocacy to be particularly important for African-Americans, given mistrust and discrimination present in medical settings and their own familiarity with their bodies and symptoms. Respondents emphasized that staff can encourage medical advocacy through offering information in general in a clear, informative, and empathic style. Cultural competency interventions that train staff how to foster medical advocacy may be a strategy to improve racial disparities following an abnormal mammogram.

Indexed as

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMammographyAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanBreast NeoplasmsCommunicationEarly Detection of CancerEmpathyFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansMiddle AgedPatient AdvocacyQualitative ResearchSocioeconomic Factors

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PMID25270556
PMCPMC4383730

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