Decisions to seek healthcare based on family health history among urban Appalachian women.
J Genet Couns
; 18(6): 534-50, 2009 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19813081
ABSTRACT
Family health history (FHH) is a valuable health promotion tool that can be used to assess disease risk and make lifestyle and screening recommendations. However, few FHH resources exist for medically underserved populations such as the urban Appalachian community in Cincinnati Ohio. Women of Appalachian heritage with less than a college education who did and did not participate in a prior FHH education session were interviewed by phone in a semi-structured format. Interviewees were asked to discuss their understanding of FHH and the role FHH played in seeking (or not seeking) medical care. Analysis of their discussion identified four overarching themes as well as a model identifying conditions that facilitated or impeded the choice to seek medical care based on FHH. Findings from this study may be used to develop targeted FHH educational interventions in the urban Appalachian and other communities.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Urbana
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Saúde da Família
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Tomada de Decisões
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Genet Couns
Assunto da revista:
GENETICA MEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos