Cultural perspectives of international breast health and breast cancer education.

Full Abstract

PURPOSE:
To (a) describe teaching-learning strategies to foster cultural exchange among participants in the Train-The-Trainer (TTT) International Breast Health Program; (b) describe participants' perceptions of cultural influences on breast health and breast cancer; and (c) explore lessons learned about cultural influences on breast health TTT educational programs.

ORGANIZING CONSTRUCT:
The TTT curriculum was grounded in the belief that nurses can effectively deliver breast health and breast cancer education, that educational programs must be culturally relevant and sensitive to the needs of the target population, and that an urgent need exists worldwide to reduce the burden of breast cancer.

METHODS:
A total of 32 nurses from 20 countries participated in three TTT programs held before the biennial meetings of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) since 2000, with follow-up by E-mail survey. Narrative descriptions of their perspectives and experiences are reported.

RESULTS:
Teaching-learning strategies incorporated cultural values into a TTT program to engage participants in sharing their individual and collective experiences about women with breast cancer.

CONCLUSIONS:
Developing countries are increasingly multicultural. Developed countries have large immigrant populations that generally maintain the cultural values and practices about breast cancer from the country of origin. These "lessons learned" are important in planning other educational programs.

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Author information

Author/s: Dow Meneses, Karen (K); Yarbro, Connie Henke (CH);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, Beat & Jill Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. kdow@mail.ucf.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (J Nurs Scholarsh), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-; vol 39 (issue 2) : pp 105-12

Dates: Created 2007/05/30; Completed 2007/08/17; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17535309, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Health - ethnology
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; ethnology; therapy
Cultural Diversity
Curriculum
Emigration and Immigration
Follow-Up Studies
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
International Educational Exchange

Mass Screening
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Staff - education; psychology
Oncologic Nursing - education
Patient Education as Topic - organization & administration
Primary Prevention
Questionnaires
Social Values
Transcultural Nursing - education
World Health

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