TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing Routine Cancer Screening Among Underserved Populations Through Effective Communication Strategies
T2 - Application of a Health Literacy Framework
AU - Best, Alicia L.
AU - Vamos, Cheryl
AU - Choi, Seul Ki
AU - Thompson, Erika L.
AU - Daley, Ellen
AU - Friedman, Daniela B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Friedman is partially supported by the South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network under Cooperative Agreement Number U48/DP005000-01S2 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Prevention Research Centers) and the National Cancer Institute. Best is an affiliate of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, American Association for Cancer Education.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Cancer prevention and control efforts serve as national priorities, as cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA. In addition, cancer disparities exist, with racial/ethnic minority, low-income, and uninsured populations suffering the greatest burden. The goal of this paper is to describe the role that effective health communication can play in increasing routine cancer screening among medically underserved populations, thus decreasing persistent health disparities. For this paper, we applied Sorenson’s integrated model of health literacy as a framework for identifying communication gaps and opportunities that can help improve cancer screening specifically at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). This integrated model consists of four interrelated dimensions: access, understand, appraise, and apply. Employing communication strategies across this health literacy framework has the potential to facilitate improved decision making and cancer screening outcomes among the most underserved populations.
AB - Cancer prevention and control efforts serve as national priorities, as cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA. In addition, cancer disparities exist, with racial/ethnic minority, low-income, and uninsured populations suffering the greatest burden. The goal of this paper is to describe the role that effective health communication can play in increasing routine cancer screening among medically underserved populations, thus decreasing persistent health disparities. For this paper, we applied Sorenson’s integrated model of health literacy as a framework for identifying communication gaps and opportunities that can help improve cancer screening specifically at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). This integrated model consists of four interrelated dimensions: access, understand, appraise, and apply. Employing communication strategies across this health literacy framework has the potential to facilitate improved decision making and cancer screening outcomes among the most underserved populations.
KW - Cancer disparities
KW - Cancer screening
KW - Federally qualified health centers
KW - Health communication
KW - Health literacy
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U2 - 10.1007/s13187-017-1194-7
DO - 10.1007/s13187-017-1194-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 28275965
AN - SCOPUS:85014668989
SN - 0885-8195
VL - 32
SP - 213
EP - 217
JO - Journal of Cancer Education
JF - Journal of Cancer Education
IS - 2
ER -