Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive
<em>Background</em>. To assess participants’ reasons for seeking cancer screening information at community health fairs and what they do with the information they receive. <em><br />Design and methods.</em> Mixed quantitative and qualitative approach was used. Community...
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| author | Erica Monrose Jessica Ledergerber Derrick Acheampong Lina Jandorf |
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| description | <em>Background</em>. To assess participants’ reasons for seeking cancer screening information at community health fairs and what they do with the information they receive. <em><br />Design and methods.</em> Mixed quantitative and qualitative approach was used. Community health fairs are organized in underserved New York City neighbourhoods. From June 14, 2016 to August 26, 2016, cancer prevention tables providing information about various cancer screenings were established at 12 local community health fairs in New York City. In-person and follow up telephone surveys assessing interest in the cancer prevention table, personal cancer screening adherence rates, information-sharing behaviours and demographic variables have been taken into account. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS 22.0: frequencies, descriptive, cross tabulations. All qualitative data was coded by theme so that it could be analysed through SPSS. For example, Were you interested in a specific cancer? may be coded as 2 for yes, breast cancer. <br /><em>Results</em>. One hundred and sixteen patrons participated in the initial survey. Of those, 88 (78%) agreed to give their contact information for the follow-up survey and 60 follow-up surveys were completed (68%). Of those who reported reading the material, 45% shared the information; 15% subsequently spoke to a provider about cancer screenings and 40% intended to speak to a provider. <br /><em>Conclusions</em>. Participants disseminated information without prompting; suggesting the reach of these fairs extends beyond the people who visit our table. Future studies should look at whether patrons would share information at higher rates when they are explicitly encouraged to share the information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d749185b21ee4691b0324a1ea500bf1b2023-01-02T23:05:16ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Public Health Research2279-90282279-90362017-09-016210.4081/jphr.2017.866178Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receiveErica Monrose0Jessica Ledergerber1Derrick Acheampong2Lina Jandorf3Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai, New York, NYIcahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai, New York, NYIcahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai, New York, NYIcahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai, New York, NY<em>Background</em>. To assess participants’ reasons for seeking cancer screening information at community health fairs and what they do with the information they receive. <em><br />Design and methods.</em> Mixed quantitative and qualitative approach was used. Community health fairs are organized in underserved New York City neighbourhoods. From June 14, 2016 to August 26, 2016, cancer prevention tables providing information about various cancer screenings were established at 12 local community health fairs in New York City. In-person and follow up telephone surveys assessing interest in the cancer prevention table, personal cancer screening adherence rates, information-sharing behaviours and demographic variables have been taken into account. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS 22.0: frequencies, descriptive, cross tabulations. All qualitative data was coded by theme so that it could be analysed through SPSS. For example, Were you interested in a specific cancer? may be coded as 2 for yes, breast cancer. <br /><em>Results</em>. One hundred and sixteen patrons participated in the initial survey. Of those, 88 (78%) agreed to give their contact information for the follow-up survey and 60 follow-up surveys were completed (68%). Of those who reported reading the material, 45% shared the information; 15% subsequently spoke to a provider about cancer screenings and 40% intended to speak to a provider. <br /><em>Conclusions</em>. Participants disseminated information without prompting; suggesting the reach of these fairs extends beyond the people who visit our table. Future studies should look at whether patrons would share information at higher rates when they are explicitly encouraged to share the information.http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/866cancer preventionoutreachhealth fairs |
| spellingShingle | Erica Monrose Jessica Ledergerber Derrick Acheampong Lina Jandorf Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive Journal of Public Health Research cancer prevention outreach health fairs |
| title | Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive |
| title_full | Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive |
| title_fullStr | Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive |
| title_short | Cancer screening information at community health fairs: What the participants do with information they receive |
| title_sort | cancer screening information at community health fairs what the participants do with information they receive |
| topic | cancer prevention outreach health fairs |
| url | http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/866 |
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