title: Healthy Lifestyle: a community-based cancer awareness and prevention intervention program.
abstract: Healthy Lifestyle engages the community in the development of a health behavior modification program to reduce cancer risk among African Americans. The objectives are 1) to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that affect cancer risk through focus group discussions; and 2) to identify community members to implement programs and practices that facilitate healthy behavior routines. Thirty-four African American focus group participants completed surveys regarding health knowledge and behavioral practices. Results from the focus groups identified three themes: 1) Health and Nutrition; 2) Environment; and 3) Family. The majority of focus group participants (94%) indicated that annual physical exams were important. However, of that group, 47% had not had a physical within the last 12 months and only 44% had scheduled appointments. Of the 79% who indicated they could commit to a two-year study, only 64% felt they could be leaders.
authors.affiliation: Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics, Bioethics Center, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. vlcarter@tuskegee.edu
authors.forename: Vivian L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Norma L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Dawkins
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000407:Alabama; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors