title: Developing a video intervention to model effective patient-physician communication and health-related decision-making skills for a multiethnic audience.
abstract: The ENDOW study is a multisite, community-based project designed to improve decision-making and patient-physician communication skills for midlife African-American, white, and Hispanic women facing decisions about hysterectomy. Based on results of initial focus groups, a patient education video was developed in English and Spanish to serve as the centerpiece of various interventions. The video uses community women to model appropriate decision-making and patient-physician communication skills. Women in the target populations rated the video as useful to very useful and would recommend it to others. The use of theory-driven approaches and pilot testing of draft products resulted in the production of a well-accepted, useful video suitable for diverse populations in intervention sites in several states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Education, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Greaney
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cornell
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Littleton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pulley
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Groff
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D007802:Language; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D017145:Models, Educational; D009516:New Mexico; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013022:South Carolina; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014741:Video Recording; D016387:Women's Health