Culturally Competent Training Program: A Key to Training Lay Health Advisors for Promoting Breast Cancer Screening

Autor/inn/en	Yu, Mei-yu; Song, Lixin; Seetoo, Amy; Cai, Cuijuan; Smith, Gary; Oakley, Deborah
Titel	Culturally Competent Training Program: A Key to Training Lay Health Advisors for Promoting Breast Cancer Screening
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 34 (2007) 6, S.928-941 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198107304577
Schlagwörter	Learning Theories; Socialization; Cancer; Asian Americans; Females; Screening Tests; Chinese; Bilingualism; Social Theories; Questionnaires; Self Efficacy; Attitude Measures; Cultural Influences; Cultural Relevance; Lay People; Outreach Programs; Community Health Services; Guides; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Weibliches Geschlecht; Screening-Verfahren; China; Chinesen; Bilingualismus; Gesellschaftstheorie; Fragebogen; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Laie; Jobcoaching; Handbuch; Leitfaden
Abstract	The lay health advisor (LHA) training program for breast cancer screening was conducted among Chinese-English bilingual trainees residing in Southeast Michigan. Guided by Bandura's Social Learning Theory, the development of the training curriculum followed the health communication process recommended by the National Cancer Institute. Data analysis based on questionnaires completed by 79 LHAs indicated that the breast cancer screening training program significantly increased LHAs' knowledge and self-efficacy (p less than 0.01, t test, two-tailed) and LHAs had a positive perception with regard to the training manual. Regression analysis found that LHAs who were younger, employed, and demonstrated a positive perception of the training manual tended to have higher self-efficacy in promoting breast cancer screening (R[superscript 2] = 0.30). This study suggests that a culturally competent training program effectively increases LHAs' self-efficacy. The findings have implications for developing effective LHA training programs in Asian American communities where LHA interventions are rarely implemented. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10