ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2016
Medical advocacy among African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer: from recipient to resource.
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- Big Advocacy, Little Recognition: The Hidden Work of Black Patients in Precision Medicine.Research square · 2023Article
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- Cancer-Related Debt and Mental-Health-Related Quality of Life among Rural Cancer Survivors: Do Family/Friend Informal Caregiver Networks Moderate the Relationship?Journal of health and social behavior · 2020Article
- 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
- "The disease is mine, the body is mine, I decide": Individual, interpersonal, and institutional barriers and facilitators among survivors of women's cancers in Andean countries.Health care for women international · 2018Article
- Healthcare Predictors of Information Dissemination About Genetic Risks.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
- A Conceptual Framework of Self-advocacy in Women With Cancer.ANS. Advances in nursing scienceReview
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purposeMedical advocacy at multiple levels (self, community/interpersonal, national/public health interest) may be helpful to address the disproportionate burden of breast cancer African-American women encounter. Little, however, is known about the interplay of medical advocacy at different levels.
methodsWe analyzed qualitative data from two studies focused on the psychosocial experiences of breast cancer among 38 African-American women living in Western Washington State.
resultsEmergent themes suggested that survivors received community/interpersonal advocacy from different members of social networks in the form of social support (appraisal, emotional, informational, instrumental). Survivors indicated that receiving this support was associated with greater self-advocacy in terms of their own care experiences, as well as greater community/interpersonal advocacy on their part as resources to other women diagnosed with breast cancer, their family, friends, and larger communities.
conclusionOur findings suggest that community/interpersonal advocacy, including providing different types of support, may lead to improved self-advocacy as well as health-protective impacts for the networks in which survivors are embedded. Future quantitative research is warranted to support these findings and assess how this interplay is associated with improved outcomes among this marginalized and resilient population.
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