Conducting a Feasibility Study in Women's Health Screening Among Women in a Pacific Northwest American Indian Tribe.
Breast and cervical cancers continue to contribute to high cancer mortality rates in American Indian/Alaska Native women; culturally appropriate interventions are needed to influence screening behaviors and to reduce delays in obtaining care. In a pilot feasibility study designed to influence Pacific Northwest American Indian/Alaska Native women's health screening knowledge and behaviors (breast and cervical), we employed a community-based participatory research approach. Data from interviews with study participants, those involved in implementation of the study and observations were included in the analysis. Study questions focused on training of staff, recruitment of participants, and implementation of the protocol and data management. The complexities of translational, transcultural research and the importance of reporting pilot feasibility studies to the advancement of transcultural research are highlighted in the findings of this research effort.
University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA jstrickl@u.washington.edu.
C June
CJ
Strickland
Pacific Northwest Tribal Community, Everson, WA, USA.
Elaine
E
Hillaire
D000413:Alaska; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015205:Northwestern United States; D065006:Papanicolaou Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014932:Women's Health Services
American Indian/Alaska Native; cancer; feasibility; prevention