Culture and Cancer: The CAse of Latino Women

文化与癌症：拉丁裔女性的案例

基本信息

批准号：
6951980
负责人：
HECTOR M. BETANCOURT
金额：
$ 20.25万
依托单位：
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2004-09-22 至 2007-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aims of this research are three-fold: 1) to identify aspects of culture associated with variations in breast and cervical cancer screening among Latino and Anglo women; 2) to develop psychometrically appropriate English- and Spanish language instruments to measure those cultural variables; and 3) to validate the instruments and test a theory-based hypothesis concerning the relations between culture and health behavior. The research is guided by an approach to the study of culture originally proposed by the P.I. and associates to investigate the role of culture in psychological functioning and behavior. The instruments to be developed are also expected to contribute to the long-term goal of developing a model that may effectively guide research and intervention concerning ethnic disparities in cancer screening and health behavior, in general, for Latino and other culturally diverse populations. Although the focus is on Latino women, Anglo women are included as a mainstream comparison group to satisfy methodological and practical requirements associated with the comparative study of culture. Participants will be recruited from the population of Latino and Anglo women living in San Bernardino, California, and surrounding counties in Region 5 of the California Statewide Cancer Reporting System. Three distinct methodologies will be utilized: First, the methods for the study of subjective culture will be used to identify specific aspects of culture relevant to cancer screening among Latino and Anglo women. Content analyses of open-ended interviews and focus groups will be performed to identify the relevant aspects of culture and to generate items for the instruments to be developed. Second, conventional psychometric procedures and statistical techniques will be applied to the development and validation of quantitative instruments to measure the cultural factors identified as relevant to cancer screening. Finally, survey methodology and multivariate quantitative methods of analyses will be used to test a hypothesis concerning the relationships among cultural factors, mediating psychological processes, and breast and cervical cancer screening in Latino and Anglo women.

描述（由申请人提供）：这项研究的目的是三个：1）确定与拉丁裔和盎格鲁妇女乳腺癌和宫颈癌筛查相关的文化方面； 2）开发具有心理适当的英语和西班牙语工具来衡量这些文化变量； 3）验证工具并检验有关文化与健康行为之间关系的基于理论的假设。这项研究的指导下是针对P.I.最初提出的文化研究方法的指导。并研究文化在心理功能和行为中的作用。通常，预计要开发的工具将有助于开发一个模型的长期目标，该模型可以有效地指导有关癌症筛查和健康行为中种族差异的研究和干预措施，总体而言，对于拉丁裔和其他文化上的人群。尽管重点是拉丁裔妇女，但盎格鲁妇女被包括为主流比较组，以满足与培养比较研究相关的方法论和实际要求。参与者将从居住在加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺的拉丁裔和盎格鲁妇女的人口中招募，以及加利福尼亚州全州癌症报告系统5区的周边县。将使用三种不同的方法：首先，主观培养的研究方法将用于确定与拉丁裔和盎格鲁妇女中癌症筛查相关的培养的特定方面。将进行开放式访谈和焦点小组的内容分析，以确定文化的相关方面，并为要开发的工具生成项目。其次，传统的心理测量程序和统计技术将应用于定量工具的开发和验证，以衡量与癌症筛查相关的文化因素。最后，将使用调查方法和多元定量分析方法来检验有关文化因素之间的关系，介导心理过程以及拉丁裔妇女中乳腺癌和宫颈癌筛查的假设。