Developing a video intervention to model effective patient-physician communication and health-related decision-making skills for a multiethnic audience.
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.
Richter
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Department of Health Promotion and Education, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
Greaney
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McKeown
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Cornell
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Littleton
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Pulley
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Groff
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Byrd
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Herman
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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