Publications by authors named "Inez F Adams"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines how cultural norms around emotional disclosure and support-seeking are crucial in the context of cancer diagnosis, particularly for breast cancer survivors.
- - Interviews with 37 foreign-born Chinese American and 23 European American survivors reveal notable differences in how they disclose their diagnosis and perceive social support.
- - Both groups engage in emotional and social support with loved ones, but the ways they express disclosure and seek help differ based on their cultural backgrounds.
On November 30, 2016, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a final rule mandating that public housing authorities it supports prohibit all smoking on their residential premises, including within residents' apartments. The primary rationale for this action was to protect nonsmoking residents from the harms of tobacco smoke exposure. Although the harms of secondhand smoke are clear and the potential for reducing nonsmoking residents' exposure is real, it will be no simple matter to successfully implement the policy requirements set down by HUD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Asian Americans have consistently reported poorer communication with physicians compared with non-Hispanic Whites (NHW). This qualitative study sought to elucidate the similarities and differences in communication with physicians between Chinese and NHW breast cancer survivors.
Methods: Forty-four Chinese and 28 NHW women with early stage breast cancer (stage 0-IIa) from the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry participated in focus group discussions or individual interviews.
Purpose: Cancer-related stress is heavily influenced by culture. This study explored similarities and differences in survivorship care concerns among Chinese American and non-Hispanic White (NHW) breast cancer survivors.
Methods: A sequential, mixed-method design (inductive/qualitative research-phase I and deductive/quantitative research-phase II) was employed.
Results of a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of a culturally targeted and a generic video on mammography screening among chinese-american immigrants.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
November 2012
Background: Research comparing the effects of culturally targeted and generic but linguistically appropriate intervention programs is limited. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of a culturally targeted video, a generic video, and a fact sheet (control) in promoting mammography screening among Chinese-American immigrants.
Methods: We randomized 664 Chinese-American women from the Washington, DC, and New York City areas who were older than 40 years and nonadherent to annual mammography screening guidelines to three study arms (each with ∼221 women).
Objective: Recent reports suggest that Black breast cancer patients receive adjuvant therapies less often than their White counterparts; however, few studies have examined the self-reported experiences of Black breast cancer patients making treatment decisions. This study examined cultural beliefs and healthcare factors that impacted Black women's treatment decisions.
Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 49 Black women with early stage breast cancer (stages 0-III).
Purpose: To gain a better understanding of adolescents' knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors regarding hepatitis B.
Method: Three types of data were collected as part of this investigation: (a) 45 in-depth individual interviews with staff from 20 adolescent health, sexually transmitted disease (STD), and family planning clinics; (b) 96 individual interviews with adolescents and young adults; and (c) questionnaires completed by 17,063 adolescents and young adults. All instruments focused on one or more of the following five topics: (a) knowledge about vaccines; (b) knowledge about hepatitis B; (c) barriers to vaccine acceptance, and ways to overcome these barriers; (d) benefits of the vaccine acceptance, and ways to enhance these benefits; and (e) eight hepatitis B risk factors.