Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 21, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 515-521

Cancer Knowledge Among Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers in North Carolina (Article)

Furgurson K.F. , Sandberg J.C. , Hsu F.-C. , Mora D.C. , Quandt S.A. , Arcury T.A.*
  • a Department of Family & Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • b Department of Family & Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • c Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • d Department of Family & Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • e Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • f Department of Family & Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States

Abstract

Latino farmworkers are exposed to a number of carcinogens in the workplace. Cancer survival rates for Latinos are below average. This paper describes Mexican immigrant farmworkers’ knowledge of colorectal, breast, and testicular cancer, and compares farmworkers’ cancer knowledge to that of other Mexican immigrants. Survey interviews for this study were conducted with 100 farmworkers and 100 non-farmworkers in 2015 in North Carolina as part of an ongoing community-based participatory research project. We found low to moderate levels of knowledge about colorectal, breast, and testicular cancer among farmworkers. Compared to non-farmworkers, farmworkers had similar levels of knowledge about breast and testicular cancer, but slightly lower knowledge about colorectal cancer (p = 0.0087). Few studies have used quantitative methods to assess farmworkers’ knowledge of specific types of cancer. Our results demonstrate a need for increased dissemination of existing cancer education programs and further research to develop additional educational tools. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Latino cancer Knowledge Community-based participatory research Farmworkers

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048307322&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-018-0771-0&partnerID=40&md5=0bd8d2c8662426092e46315979ee60ec
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-018-0771-0
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English