Cultural sensitivity and readability of breast and prostate printed cancer education materials targeting African Americans.

摘要: Cancer prevention materials such as pamphlets, booklets, and fact sheets play a significant role in reducing cancer disparities. Little is documented the literature about cultural sensitivity of targeting African Americans. The Prevention Materials Americans project was conducted to assess readability printed education Results showed current breast are not written at appropriate reading levels, only 54% 40% prostate were found be culturally sensitive. Even though being developed disseminated health fairs, physician offices, barber shops, other locations, still reflective African-American populations do consider literacy, visual, messages, format factors their utilization. Future studies should appropriateness for promote prevent