Medical advocacy among African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer: from recipient to resource.
Support Care Cancer
; 24(7): 3077-84, 2016 07.
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| ID: mdl-26891843
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Medical advocacy at multiple levels (self, community/interpersonal, national/public health interest) may be helpful to address the disproportionate burden of breast cancer African-American women encounter. Little, however, is known about the interplay of medical advocacy at different levels.METHODS:
We analyzed qualitative data from two studies focused on the psychosocial experiences of breast cancer among 38 African-American women living in Western Washington State.RESULTS:
Emergent themes suggested that survivors received community/interpersonal advocacy from different members of social networks in the form of social support (appraisal, emotional, informational, instrumental). Survivors indicated that receiving this support was associated with greater self-advocacy in terms of their own care experiences, as well as greater community/interpersonal advocacy on their part as resources to other women diagnosed with breast cancer, their family, friends, and larger communities.CONCLUSION:
Our findings suggest that community/interpersonal advocacy, including providing different types of support, may lead to improved self-advocacy as well as health-protective impacts for the networks in which survivors are embedded. Future quantitative research is warranted to support these findings and assess how this interplay is associated with improved outcomes among this marginalized and resilient population.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Defensa del Paciente
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Negro o Afroamericano
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Neoplasias de la Mama
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Support Care Cancer
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos