Education includes not only knowledge acquisition but also the ability to retain the knowledge learned, resulting in effective daily application of the knowledge acquired. We have demonstrated that CAPP is effective in teaching basic principles of asthma to an urban, African-American population residing in a low-income community. Once the participants have acquired this knowledge, they [...]
Participants
All respondents were African-American parent/ caregivers (Table 2). Three-hundred-forty-two adult participants enrolled, and 267 completed at least four out of five classes as well as the prepost assessments at the beginning and end of classes. Seventy-five percent of the 267 participants responded to the telephone assessments at three- and six-month follow-up, and 50% responded to [...]
Study Design
The present study was a convience sample survey carried out in community-based classes for children’s asthma. Parents of children with asthma were surveyed at baseline and immediately after the classes. Follow-up assessments were made at three-, six-, and 12 months post instruction. There was no control group, because the primary goal of this outreach [...]
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs that affects approximately 17 million Americans, five million of whom are children under the age of 14 years old. Minorities, particularly urban African Americans living in poverty, are disproportionately affected. The severity of disease is increasing, despite the improved knowledge in asthma cause and treatment. A [...]
This study identified predisposing and program intervention factors that influence African-American men’s participation in prostate cancer screening. The predisposing factors were labeled using the constructs of existing health behavior theories. The most important findings in this study were the personal statements of the participants which reflect their true feelings. A major predisposing factor identified in [...]
Study Participants
A total of 49 African-American men participated in the 10 focus group sessions. There were 21 participants in Tallahassee, 15 in Miami, and 13 in Tampa. The demographic information of the participants is summarized in Table 1. Only 24% of the participants had a college degree. The majority of the participants (41%) were married. [...]
This study was part of a Florida Prostate Cancer Project funded by the U.S. Army Department of Defense to develop a model explaining the behavior of African-American men relative to prostate cancer screening. A qualitative study was conducted to elicit factors perceived by African-American men as influencing their participation in prostate cancer screening. A total [...]
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