TY - JOUR
T1 - Communicating Native American Cancer Efforts and Resources in the Great Plains
AU - Idoate, Regina
AU - Rookwood, Aislinn C.
AU - Spellman, Lisa
AU - Robbins, Hannah
AU - Stabler, Mi’Oux
AU - Gilbert, Mark
AU - Godfrey, Maurice
AU - Solheim, Joyce C.
AU - Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu
N1 - Funding Information:
Beyond the federal programs mentioned above, there are additional agencies that have provided cancer-related information to urban AI/AN communities. The American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF) offers informational materials, training, technical assistance, and culturally tailored resources to improve AI/AN access to prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivor support. AICAF has sponsored webinars about skin cancer specific to the Great Plains. Spirit of Eagles, a national special populations network, builds infrastructure to support strong partnerships enabling community-based participatory research to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality in AI/AN communities. The AI/AN Cancer Information Resource Center and Learning Exchange, which is part of Spirit of Eagles, develops and disseminates culturally responsive cancer information materials for AI/AN educators, providers, and students. The National Native Network, a coalition of tribes, trib- al organizations, and health programs, offers a diverse array of resources, including webinars, podcasts, newsletters, and tribal public health data toolkits. The Native American Cancer Resource Corporation (an AI/AN community-based nonprofit organization) provides videos, fact sheets, peer-reviewed publications, scholarly presentations, informational materials, and curricula. The YES program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, has accessed and shared print materials provided by Spirit of Eagles, resources specific to tobacco prevention from the National Native Network, and video vignettes contributed by the Native American Cancer Resource Corporation. These resources and efforts provided by the YES program were likely identifiable to key respondents because of their cultural relevancy to the urban AI/AN population.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - American Indians’ cancer disparities vary by region, signifying the importance of understanding communityspecific levels of readiness to address cancer. Twenty-four key respondents from an urban American Indian community in the Great Plains, community leaders (n = 8), educators (n = 8), and students (n = 8), were interviewed following the Community Readiness Model. Using framework analysis, we qualitatively examined data related to efforts and resources in interview transcripts. One overarching emergent theme and three subthemes were identified. We found that communication of efforts and resources is critical to increasing community readiness to address cancer and is most successful when the community (1) prioritizes cancer as an issue in the community, (2) cultivates trusting relationships among stakeholders, and (3) practices cultural responsiveness in efforts. These findings emphasize the need for better communication of cancer efforts and resources and can inform strategic efforts to promote cancer prevention, treatment, and research among American Indians/Alaska Natives in the Great Plains.
AB - American Indians’ cancer disparities vary by region, signifying the importance of understanding communityspecific levels of readiness to address cancer. Twenty-four key respondents from an urban American Indian community in the Great Plains, community leaders (n = 8), educators (n = 8), and students (n = 8), were interviewed following the Community Readiness Model. Using framework analysis, we qualitatively examined data related to efforts and resources in interview transcripts. One overarching emergent theme and three subthemes were identified. We found that communication of efforts and resources is critical to increasing community readiness to address cancer and is most successful when the community (1) prioritizes cancer as an issue in the community, (2) cultivates trusting relationships among stakeholders, and (3) practices cultural responsiveness in efforts. These findings emphasize the need for better communication of cancer efforts and resources and can inform strategic efforts to promote cancer prevention, treatment, and research among American Indians/Alaska Natives in the Great Plains.
KW - Alaska Natives
KW - American Indians
KW - cancer
KW - communication
KW - efforts
KW - resources
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U2 - 10.1353/gpr.2023.0003
DO - 10.1353/gpr.2023.0003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160044935
SN - 1052-5165
VL - 33
SP - 33
EP - 46
JO - Great Plains Research
JF - Great Plains Research
IS - 1
ER -