Fatalism revisited.
OBJECTIVE
To review the concept of fatalism among African Americans by discussing how religiosity/spirituality may guide them in seeking cancer care in a positive rather than a fatalistic way.


METHODS
Nursing, social science, and medical journals.


CONCLUSIONS
Using culturally targeted faith-based interventions to educate African Americans about cancer can serve as a strategy to increase cancer knowledge, decrease cancer fatalism, and ultimately increase cancer screening and treatment resulting in cancer activism.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses should advocate for faith-based initiatives to help address fatalism in the African American community, and to assist them in developing a more proactive role in cancer screening, treatment, and survivorship.
Morgan
Phyllis D
PD
Department of Nursing, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC 28301, USA. pmorgan@uncfsu.edu
Tyler
Indira D
ID
Fogel
Joshua
J
D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D029181:Spirituality; D001741:Black or African American