Abstract
Although Latinos now comprise the largest minority in the U.S. population, they continue to be seriously underrepresented in clinical trials. A nonrandomized controlled study of an innovative community-developed clinical trial and breast cancer education program targeting Latinas tested whether use of an art-based curriculum could increase willingness to enroll in six clinical trial scenarios and increase breast health and clinical trial knowledge. The art-based curriculum resulted in a larger increase in stated willingness to enroll across all clinical trial scenarios, and the difference was statistically significant (p < .05) in three. Breast health and clinical trials knowledge increased similarly and significantly for both groups. The results of this study show promise for the use of a community-developed art-based curriculum in the Latina population to increase willingness to enroll in clinical trials.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 664-676 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Health Education and Behavior |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Breast neoplasms
- Clinical trials
- Health education
- Hispanic Americans
- Patient selection
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health