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ArticleJournal of psychosocial oncology

Complicating "the good result": narratives of colorectal cancer screening when cancer is not found.

Jean M Hunleth, Robert Gallo, Emily K Steinmetz, Aimee S James

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Article in Journal of psychosocial oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jean M Hunletha Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , Missouri , USA.
Robert Galloa Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , Missouri , USA.
Emily K Steinmetzb Department of Anthropology, Washington College , Chestertown , Maryland , USA.
Aimee S Jamesa Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , Missouri , USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · USWashington College · US

Funding

Training ProgramU54CA153460 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COLDITZ, GRAHAM A. · 2010 to 2015
$5.3M
USING PHOTOVOICE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PROMOTING COLORECTAL CANCER AWARER21CA147794 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JAMES, AIMEE S · 2011 to 2012
$364k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA147794NCI NIH HHS U54 CA153460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn this paper, we analyze narratives from a Photovoice project on colorectal cancer screening that was carried out with people who had undergone screening and were found to not have cancer.

methodsThree groups, totaling eighteen participants, took part in the project, meeting multiple times over the course of approximately 10 weeks, and discussing photos they took about colorectal cancer screening.

resultsA common way in which the participants conveyed their screening experiences was through reflection on their own or other people's illnesses. Our findings highlight the multiple meanings of receiving a "good" or noncancerous screening result after undergoing cancer screening.

conclusionSuch findings suggest that framing noncancerous results only in terms of relief or other positive emotions may ignore the realities people and their families face and their remaining concerns. This paper has broader implications for policies to reduce cancer disparities as well as public health and patient-provider communication about screening.

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CommunicationNarrationPhysician-Patient RelationsAgedColorectal NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhotographycolorectal < cancer typehealth care disparitiesnarrative researchphotovoicequalitative < research methods

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PMID30714858
PMCPMC6529260
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