Addressing Health Literacy with a Tailored Survivorship Care Plan to Improve Access in Underserved African American Prostate Cancer Patients

Abstract

In our previous work, we have documented that health literacy barriers impact the ability of many underserved African American prostate cancer patients to understand cancer treatment and its side effects. To address these barriers, the research team designed a scripted, low literacy educational supplement that demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in understanding of prostate cancer treatment side effects, and a statistically significant decrease in decisional conflict compared to usual care. Our project is a randomized comparative effectiveness study that is a direct extension of these findings. Our study randomizes 150 African American prostate cancer patients, in a 1:1 ratio, to a standard survivorship care plan (SCP) based on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) template versus a tailored SCP combined with the low literacy educational supplement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1206366

Entities

People

  • Kerry L Kilbridge

Organizations

  • Dana–Farber Cancer Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Addressing
  • African Americans
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cancer
  • Clinical Trials
  • Data Analysis
  • Education
  • Gut Microbiome
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Literacy
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Oncology
  • Professional Development
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Side Effects
  • Standards
  • Students

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  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.