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Cancer health awareness through screening and education: A community approach to healthy equity.
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- Understanding Cancer Information Burden and Quality Concerns: The Roles of Medical Statistics Literacy, Online Health Information Confidence, and Social Media.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026Article
- Colorectal cancer screening, incidence, and mortality among aging veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system by housing status.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of the CHANGE initiative on cancer screening referral and uptake in underserved communities in Georgia.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Rural-urban disparities in colorectal cancer screening in United States: Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis of BRFSS data.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Contemporary Changes in Global Trends in Early-Onset Cancer: Incidence and Mortality (2000-2021).Cancers · 2025Article
- Association of Socio-Environmental Burden and Inequality With Cancer Screening and Mortality.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Assessing Barriers to Cancer Screening and Early Detection in Older Adults in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Oncology Nursing Practice Implications.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Cancer health awareness through screening and education: A community approach to healthy equity.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Cancer Health Awareness through screeNinG and Education (CHANGE) initiative delivers cancer awareness education with an emphasis on modifiable risk factors and navigation to screening for prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers to residents of public housing communities who experience significant negative social determinants of health.
methodsResidents of five communities participated. Community advisory board members were recruited and provided feedback to local environmental change projects, recruitment, and community engagement at each site. At each site, four education sessions were provided by trained facilitators on cancer risk factors and etiology, racial disparities, eligibility for cancer screening, and participation in clinical trials. Attendance, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cancer, and height, weight, and waist circumference were measured at baseline and 1-week post-CHANGE sessions.
results90 residents (60% 65 and older years old, 33% male, 60% High School education, 93% AA) participated in the program. 95% completed post-intervention evaluation. Participants were eligible for breast (n = 12), prostate (n = 15), and colorectal screening (n = 25) based on American Cancer Society guidelines, and 22 for tobacco cessation; 21 participants accepted navigation assistance for these services. At post-test, participants significantly increased in knowledge and behaviors around obesity/overweight risk for cancer, nutrition, and physical activity. Colorectal, prostate, and breast cancer knowledge scores also increased, but were not significant.
conclusionsCHANGE participants demonstrated improved health knowledge and intentions to improve their modifiable health behaviors. Participants reported being motivated and confident in seeking preventive care and satisfaction with community engagement efforts. Replication of this project in similar communities may improve knowledge and health equity among underserved populations.
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