HINTS stands for the Health Information National Trends Survey. The purpose of HINTS is to collect data about the United States public’s use of cancer-related information. HINTS provides information on the changing patterns, needs, and behavior in seeking and supplying cancer information and explores how cancer risks are perceived. While going over the information presented in HINTS 2007, I found that HINTS had improved its methods from the first (2003) and second time (2005) they conducted this study. They used the dual frame or duel mode method by using Random Digit Dialing (RDD) and also a mail survey by the United States Postal Services. The questionnaire that was used was called the CATI, which was a cognitive test that took people about a half hour to complete. The questions consisted of topics such as the person’s view on health care and how they used the health care that is provided. I think that the pilot tests that the researchers did were essential to their experiment. They were able to find out all of the errors in their thinking and fix them before they did the real thing. The data is useful because it helps us understand the different communication channels that adults use to obtain information that is helpful to them and their family and friends. The survey has been repeated and redesigned to get the best possible results, which helps because it shows the trend that has formed among the generations.
For my research questions I focused on people’s perceptions of their risk. My first research question was “How often do you worry about getting cancer?” My null hypothesis is that people are most likely not going to worry about getting cancer very often and my alternative hypothesis would be that most people are very c...
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Hispanic or Latino are statistically proven to be one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing minority in the United States, and they rank about 15 percent of the U.S. population which is expected to double almost to 29 percent by 2050 if current demographic trends continue (Livingston, et al., 2008). Before analyzing the Hispanic health status, demographic factors should take into consideration because the structure of populations, such as inadequate, unhealthy housing and living areas with poor air quality, can determine their health conditions. More so, they have the lower prevalence in many chronic health conditions than the U.S. adult population, but higher prevalence in diabetes and obesity than the non-Hispanic wh...
According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer health disparities are defined as the adverse differences between specific populations and the achievement of an optimal state of health. These population groups are categorized by geographic location, income, disability, age, education, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or race. These factors correlate with cancer mortality rates that impact specific population groups in the United States, cancer prevalence is the number of people diagnosed or living with cancer, and cancer incidence which is the number of new cancer cases in a population. According to the American Cancer Society, in 2013, there were an estimated 1,660,290 new cases of cancer and 580,350 of the new cases resulted in mortality. Individuals who have limited access to healthcare, health illiterate, and poverty stricken are more likely to develop cancer. This means a person’s socioeconomic status can determine the likelihood of their probability of developing cancer
Health Promotion Among the Hispanic Minority Health is determined in the nation by the minority health. "Approximately 36 percent of the population belongs to a racial or ethnic minority group" (CDC, 2015).One of these are the "Hispanics or Latinos are the largest racial/ethnic minority population in the United States" (CDC, 2015). "About 1 in 6 people living in the US are Hispanic" (CDC, 2015). Therefore, this student will make the comparison between the status of the health of Hispanic minority and the nations ,barriers of health behavior This paper will compare the health status of the Hispanic minority with the nations, barriers to health seeking behaviors, and methods of promoting health among this population. Status of Health Among Hispanic Minority "Heart disease and cancer in Hispanics are the two leading causes of death, accounting for about 2 of 5 deaths, which is about the same for whites" (CDC, 2015). "Hispanics have more deaths from diabetes and chronic liver disease than whites, and similar numbers of deaths from kidney disease" (CDC, 2015). Even though the percentage of Hispanics suffering from high blood pressure are17% in comparison to 20% of whites. Hispanics are 68% that suffered poorly controlled high blood pressure compare to whites which are 54%. Even though Health risks may vary among Hispanic subgroup and whether they are US born or not. Lower death rate is suffered by the Hispanic than whites .But Hispanic has about 50% higher death rate from diabetes. Many deaths may be prevented within the Hispanic population with an increase in education and health screening . Barriers to Health Promotion in the Hispanic Minority "Social factors may play a major role in Hispanic health" (CDC, 2015). According to the art...
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They have grown up with defined meanings and awareness about different illness and this controls their perception and the communities’ perception of illness and the types of treatments that are beneficial to them. This then influences their behaviors when it comes to cancer prevention and control of the disease. (Dahar M, 2012; Majorie Kagawa-Singer, 2010)Varied among different countries in the world, there are cancer related stigma and myths about cancer that presents significant challenges to the individual and others, as it produces a silencing effect, where those with cancer are afraid to seek treatment because myths like “cancer is contagious” is embarrassing and are often shamed upon on. Some cultures avoided surgery because they believed that “if you cut into the tumor, the tumor would spread to the body” and hence pursued alternative treatments. (Dahar M,
For these reasons, minorities often put off the expense of seeing a doctor until they have advanced disease and are past being easily treated. A lack of education, rural or inner city residence, unemployment, and low literacy rate may also contribute to higher cancer mortality rates for some communities. In several studies researchers investigates whether socioeconomic status is the reason for the disparity in prostate cancer incidence, where African Americans and Non- Hispanic Whites are the top two candidates for prostate cancer. Some results found that the highest level of cancer incidence was positively correlated with low socioeconomic status (Cheng, et al.,
...e, risk status related to sex and gender, disability status, and all other populations identified to be at risk for unequal health outcomes or imbalance with disease distribution. Asian Americans as a minority group in the United States, shares the burdens of these health disparities within the cases of acute and chronic hepatitis B and its relation into developing liver cancer which affects Vietnamese Americans the most. Well-designed and well-developed health promotion and disease prevention aims to impact the overall health in the U.S. population. With the different strategies to help in changing health behaviors, modifying lifestyles, closing the gaps between language barriers, and understanding as well developing approach to different beliefs, are all directed into gaining an equal care delivery, health outcomes, and a justifiable distribution of disease.
Medical statistics for Bronx County indicates that black women above 40 years of age experience a lower rate of cancer infection as compared to White Non-Hispanic women of the same age group. However, mortality rates show an inverse relationship between the same conclusions due to inequality in socioeconomic conditions. Research indicates that African American women tend to get diagnosed at a later age in comparison to their counterparts.
When patients hear the word cancer, it causes them to be scared or worried. If doctors and patients removed the word cancer there would be no issue. Cancer can be very scary and make patients or family members think their life is gone. Not in all cases, but some cancers can be treated or cured in the end. “Most assume they have a disease that will progress, metastasize and cause death,” the group wrote in the journal Lancet Oncology in May. This is only when patients hear the word cancer right away. This is why cancer treatment became an issue on how to cure the terrible
dependent on screening tools in order to detect cancer. This being said, Americans are at risk for
Health literacy has been shown to have increased patient outcomes and plays an important role in keeping patients well informed in their overall health and any changes that may occur (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015). Working in the ER, many patients come in with a self-diagnosis based on symptoms they entered into a health based website. This can often be frustrating to the patient and the staff, especially when people are concerned that their diagnosis is much more in depth than it really is, causing them worry and anxiety. People are most likely to search on their own before seeking help from a professional, so nurses need to teach skills on how to choose credible websites and how to interpret the information found. With the increase in patient access to their electronic health records, nurses
The information derived from the ministry of health shows that cancer causes most deaths among the Chinese Americans (Amill, Serrano, González, & Pérez-Perdomo, 2015). It further indicates that Chinese Americans have the highest cases of both stomach and liver cancer. The data suggests that the Chinese Americans are more vulnerable to cancer-causing
Since 1979 the diagnoses of cancer have gone up nearly 20% in a generation as there is more people smoking, drinking, obesity and unfitness (theguardian website, 2011, para. 1). There has been in increase of women with the diagnosis, the diagnoses have risen up by 50% (459 per 100,00), men have risen from 20,000 to 24,000 (the guardian website, 2011, para. 2). Socioeconomic class does have an effect in some cases as cervical and lung cancers are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy (ScienceDaily website, 2008, para. 1). Demographics could also have some effect as those of the wealthier group have more exposure to UV by traveling abroad for the holidays (ScienceDaily website, 2008, para. 5). In regards to smoking, deprived groups continue to smoke while the wealthier groups have quit smoking (ScienceDaily website, 2008, para. 7). Researchers have linked cancer to not only demographics, socioeconomic class but also race and
The living environments for African-Americans and Hispanics are major factors to consider when examining the health of them. Most African-Americans and Hispanics live in rural areas that do not have much access to health care compared to those in urban areas (Caldwell, Ford, Wallace, Wang, & Takahashi, 2016). Urban areas have more access to health care and other resources. This an advantage that the Caucasian population has over the African-American and Hispanic population (Caldwell et al., 2016). The African-American and Hispanic population are affected deeply because of this. With that being stated, they are less likely to have health insurance, make doctor visits, and have good quality access to medical care compared to the Caucasian population (Caldwell et al., 2016). This puts the African-American and
The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the first theories of health behavior. It was developed in the 1950s by social psychologists in the U.S. Public Health Services to better understand the widespread failure of tuberculosis screening programs. Today it continues to be one of the most widely used theories. Research studies use it to explain and predict health behaviors seen in individuals. There is a broad range of health behaviors and subject populations that it is applied in. The concepts in the model involve perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy. Focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals being studied create an understanding of their readiness to act on a health/behavioral factor based on their particular opinions on selected conditions. Several modifying factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or level of education, etc. can determine one’s opinion on their perceived threat of obtaining a disease such as lung cancer based on the severity of the triggers causing the illness. Their likelihood to change an opinion or behavior depends on their perceived benefits or certain barriers that may be out of their control. Interventions can be used to promote health behavior changes and aid in persuading or increasing awareness on a particular issue.