TY - JOUR
AU - James, Aimee S.
AU - Filippi, Melissa K.
AU - Pacheco, Christina M.
AU - Cully, Lance
AU - Perdue, David
AU - Choi, Won S.
PY - 2013
TI - Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indian Men Aged 50 or Older, Kansas and Missouri, 2006-2008
T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease
JO - Prev Chronic Dis
SP - E170
VL - 10
CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
N2 - American Indian (AI) men have some of the highest rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the United States but among the lowest screening rates. Our goal was to better understand awareness and discourse about colorectal cancer in a heterogeneous group of AI men in the Midwestern United States. Focus groups were conducted with AI men (N = 29); data were analyzed using a community-participatory approach to qualitative text analysis. Several themes were identified regarding knowledge, knowledge sources, and barriers to and facilitators of screening. Men in the study felt that awareness about colorectal cancer was low, and people were interested in learning more. Education strategies need to be culturally relevant and specific.
SN - 1545-1151
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130067
DO - 10.5888/pcd10.130067
ER -