{"id":5104,"date":"2023-03-27T04:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T02:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jphres.org\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:18:48","slug":"the-utility-of-cancer-related-cultural-constructs-to-understand-colorectal-cancer-screening-among-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/","title":{"rendered":"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DOI:<\/b>\u00a0<a id=\"pub-id::doi\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2013.e11\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2013.e11<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vetta L. Sanders Thompson<\/b><br \/>\nWashington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Alan Bugbee<\/b><br \/>\nImagination Station, Inc., Conshohocken, PA, United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>John P. Meriac<\/b><br \/>\nUniversity of Missouri-St. Louis, MO, United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jenine K. Harris<\/b><br \/>\nWashington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p><em>Background<\/em>. Data suggest that colorectal cancer could be cut by approximately 60% if all people aged 50 years or older received regular screening. Studies have identified socio-cultural attitudes that might inform cancer education and screening promotion campaigns. This article applies item response theory (IRT) to a set of survey items selected to assess sociocultural attitudes in order to determine how current measures may affect what we know about how these attitudes affect colorectal cancer screening (CRCS).<br \/>\n<em>Design and Methods.<\/em>\u00a0A survey of colorectal cancer screening, screening attitudes and cultural beliefs was administered to 1021 African Americans \u2013 683 women and 338 men, ages 50 to 75. Eligibility crite ria for participation included being born in the United States, self-identified African American male or female, age 50 to 75 years. The IRT analysis was performed on 655 individuals with complete data for the 43 observed variables.<br \/>\n<em>Results<\/em>. Twenty-nine items comprise the Multi-construct African American Cultural Survey (MAACS) that addresses seven cultural con- structs: mistrust\/distrust, privacy, ethnic identity, collectivism, empowerment, and male gender roles. The items provide adequate information about the attitudes of the population across most levels of the constructs assessed. Among the sociocultural variables considered, empowerment (OR=1.078; 95% CI: 1.008, 1.151) had the strongest association with CRCS adherence and privacy showed promise.<br \/>\n<em>Conclusions<\/em>. The MAACS provides a fixed length questionnaire to assess African American CRCS attitudes, two new constructs that might assist in CRCS promotion, and a suggested focus for identification of additional constructs of interest.<\/p>\n<h4>Keywords<\/h4>\n<p>cancer, cultural beliefs, colorectal cancer, screening, African American<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2013.e11 Vetta L. Sanders Thompson Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States Alan Bugbee Imagination Station, Inc., Conshohocken, PA, United States John P. Meriac University of Missouri-St. Louis, MO, United States Jenine K. Harris Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States Abstract Background. Data suggest &#8230; <a title=\"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/\" aria-label=\"More on The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5104","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans - Journal of Public Health Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans - Journal of Public Health Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2013.e11 Vetta L. Sanders Thompson Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States Alan Bugbee Imagination Station, Inc., Conshohocken, PA, United States John P. Meriac University of Missouri-St. Louis, MO, United States Jenine K. Harris Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States Abstract Background. Data suggest ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Journal of Public Health Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-02T12:18:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/\",\"name\":\"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans - Journal of Public Health Research\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-27T02:47:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-02T12:18:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/\",\"name\":\"Journal of Public Health Research\",\"description\":\"The Journal of Public Health Research is an online Open Access, peer-reviewed journal in the field of public health science. The scope of the journal is to stimulate debate and spreading of knowledge in this area in order to improve public health.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Journal of Public Health Research\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Favicon-JPHRES.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Favicon-JPHRES.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":114,\"caption\":\"Journal of Public Health Research\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.citefactor.org\/journal\/index\/5410\/journal-of-public-health-research#.ZD-hS-xBx3k\",\"https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/journalsearch.php?q=21100790524&amp;amp;tip=sid&amp;amp;clean=0\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans - Journal of Public Health Research","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans - Journal of Public Health Research","og_description":"DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2013.e11 Vetta L. Sanders Thompson Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States Alan Bugbee Imagination Station, Inc., Conshohocken, PA, United States John P. Meriac University of Missouri-St. Louis, MO, United States Jenine K. Harris Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School, MO, United States Abstract Background. Data suggest ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/","og_site_name":"Journal of Public Health Research","article_modified_time":"2023-04-02T12:18:48+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/","url":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/","name":"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans - Journal of Public Health Research","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-03-27T02:47:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-02T12:18:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/126\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The utility of cancer-related cultural constructs to understand colorectal cancer screening among African Americans"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/","name":"Journal of Public Health Research","description":"The Journal of Public Health Research is an online Open Access, peer-reviewed journal in the field of public health science. The scope of the journal is to stimulate debate and spreading of knowledge in this area in order to improve public health.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#organization","name":"Journal of Public Health Research","url":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Favicon-JPHRES.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Favicon-JPHRES.png","width":150,"height":114,"caption":"Journal of Public Health Research"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.citefactor.org\/journal\/index\/5410\/journal-of-public-health-research#.ZD-hS-xBx3k","https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/journalsearch.php?q=21100790524&amp;amp;tip=sid&amp;amp;clean=0"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}