ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2016
Cancer Support Needs for African American Breast Cancer Survivors and Caregivers.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Unmet supportive care needs of breast cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review.BMC cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Cancer-Communication Video Program Using African American Breast Cancer Survivor Stories.Journal of health communication · 2020Trial
- Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients: Predictors and effects.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Trial
- Cancer support in the era of virtual interaction: analysis of a community-based cancer support organization.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Supportive Care Needs of Patients with Breast Cancer Who Self-Identify as Black: An Integrative Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- Racial disparities in prostate cancer in the UK and the USA: similarities, differences and steps forwards.Nature reviews. Urology · 2025Review
- It's Not Always Easy: Cancer Survivorship Care in Primary Care Settings.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- An exploration of the needs and experiences of informal caregivers for Black breast cancer patients.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- Living with Advanced Breast Cancer: A Descriptive Analysis of Survivorship Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- "I Struggle with Breast Cancer and I Struggle with God": Insights from African American Breast Cancer Survivors.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Psychosocial protective interventions associated with a better quality of life and psychological wellbeing for African American/Black female breast cancer survivors: an integrative review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Review
- "We're in this together": Perceived effects of breast cancer on African American survivors' marital relationships.Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research · 2022Article
- The psychosocial needs of underserved breast cancer survivors and perspectives of their clinicians and support providers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Update to 2019-2022 ONS Research Agenda: Rapid Review to Address Structural Racism and Health Inequities.Oncology nursing forum · 2021Review
- Patterns of stress and support in social support networks of in-home hospice cancer family caregivers.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2021Article
- Access to Cancer Care Resources in a Federally Qualified Health Center: a Mixed Methods Study to Increase the Understanding of Met and Unmet Needs of Cancer Survivors.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Article
- Silenced Knowing: An Intersectional Framework for Exploring Black Women's Health and Diasporic Identities.Frontiers in sociology · 2020Review
- Keeping us all whole: Acknowledging the agency of African American breast cancer survivors and their systems of social support.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- Infertility patients' need and preferences for online peer support.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2018Article
- Engaging an Urban African American Community to Deliver Cognitive Health Education to Breast Cancer Survivors.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2018Article
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Abstract
Improved cancer screening and treatment advances have led to higher cancer survival rates in the United States. However, racial disparities in breast cancer survival persist for African American women who experience lower survival rates than white women. These disparities suggest that unmet needs related to survivorship still exist. This study focuses on the challenges that both African American cancer survivors and caregivers face across the cancer continuum. Five African American focus groups examined cancer survivor and caregiver support needs. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed, and uploaded into Atlas.ti. Thematic content analysis was applied to the text during the coding process. Themes were identified and emphasized based on the research team's integrated and unified final codes. Forty-one African Americans participated in five focus groups: 22 cancer survivors and 19 caregivers. Participants discussed five themes: (1) a culture that discourages the discussion of cancer; (2) lack of support services for African American cancer survivors; (3) lack of support services for cancer caregivers; (4) need for culturally appropriate cancer resources, including resources targeted at African American women; and (5) aspects that were helpful to cancer survivors and caregivers, including connecting with other survivors and caregivers, and having strong social support networks. We gained new insight into the unmet support needs for survivors and caregivers, especially when coping with the cancer experience continuum. While some cancer and caregiver support services exist, our study reveals a great need for services that incorporate the cultural differences that exist across races.
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