IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/10.2105-ajph.2014.302177_9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Knowledge and screening of head and neck cancer among American Indians in South Dakota

Author

Listed:
  • Dwojak, S.
  • Deschler, D.
  • Sargent, M.
  • Emerick, K.
  • Guadagnolo, B.A.
  • Petereit, D.

Abstract

Objectives. We established the level of awareness of risk factors and early symptoms of head and neck cancer among American Indians in South Dakota and determined whether head and neck cancer screening detected clinical findings in this population. Methods. We used the European About Face survey. We added questions about human papillomavirus, a risk factor for head and neck cancer, and demographics. Surveys were administered at 2 public events in 2011. Participants could partake in a head and neck cancer screening at the time of survey administration. Results. Of the 205 American Indians who completed the survey, 114 participated in the screening. Mean head and neck cancer knowledge scores were 26 out of 44. Level of education was the only factor that predicted higher head and neck cancer knowledge (b = 0.90; P = .01). Nine (8%) people had positive head and neck cancer screening examination results. All abnormal clinical findings were in current or past smokers (P = .06). Conclusions. There are gaps in American Indian knowledge of head and neck cancer risk factors and symptoms. Community-based head and neck cancer screening in this population is feasible and may be a way to identify early abnormal clinical findings in smokers. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Suggested Citation

  • Dwojak, S. & Deschler, D. & Sargent, M. & Emerick, K. & Guadagnolo, B.A. & Petereit, D., 2015. "Knowledge and screening of head and neck cancer among American Indians in South Dakota," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(6), pages 1155-1160.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302177_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302177
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302177
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302177?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302177_9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.