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Using community outreach to explore health-related beliefs and improve surgeon-patient engagement.
Journal of Surgical Research 2016 December
BACKGROUND: Fostering surgeon engagement in community outreach was recently identified as a major priority toward reducing health care disparities in surgery. We aimed to increase surgeon engagement in the local community, understand prevalent beliefs, and identify educational opportunities in the local community regarding cancer screening and treatment using community outreach.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In collaboration with the university's cancer center, the medical student surgical interest group, surgical faculty, and residents developed a community outreach program. The program consisted of networking time, a formal presentation, panel discussion, and question and answer time. A survey was distributed to all participants before the educational session, and a program assessment was distributed at the program's conclusion.
RESULTS: A total of 256 community members and 22 surgical volunteers attended at least one of the two events. Attendees were insured (175; 92.7%), female (151; 80%), and African-American (176; 93.1%), with a mean age of 61 y (standard deviation 14.0). About 56 participants (29.6%) were unwilling to undergo screening colonoscopy. Forty-eight respondents (25.4%) endorsed mistrust in doctors and 25% believed surgery causes cancer to spread; a significantly higher proportion of them aged <60 y old. About 113 (59.8%) and 87 (46.1%) misunderstood the definitions of malignant and metastatic, respectively. Males were more unsure than females (61% versus 55%, P = 0.5 and 70% versus 55%; P = 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: Risk perceptions related to fatalism, mistrust, or lack of knowledge were prevalent. The ability of surgeons to reach at-risk populations in the prehospital setting is an important opportunity waiting to be capitalized upon.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In collaboration with the university's cancer center, the medical student surgical interest group, surgical faculty, and residents developed a community outreach program. The program consisted of networking time, a formal presentation, panel discussion, and question and answer time. A survey was distributed to all participants before the educational session, and a program assessment was distributed at the program's conclusion.
RESULTS: A total of 256 community members and 22 surgical volunteers attended at least one of the two events. Attendees were insured (175; 92.7%), female (151; 80%), and African-American (176; 93.1%), with a mean age of 61 y (standard deviation 14.0). About 56 participants (29.6%) were unwilling to undergo screening colonoscopy. Forty-eight respondents (25.4%) endorsed mistrust in doctors and 25% believed surgery causes cancer to spread; a significantly higher proportion of them aged <60 y old. About 113 (59.8%) and 87 (46.1%) misunderstood the definitions of malignant and metastatic, respectively. Males were more unsure than females (61% versus 55%, P = 0.5 and 70% versus 55%; P = 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: Risk perceptions related to fatalism, mistrust, or lack of knowledge were prevalent. The ability of surgeons to reach at-risk populations in the prehospital setting is an important opportunity waiting to be capitalized upon.
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