Examining Intuitive Cancer Risk Perceptions in Haitian-Creole and Spanish-Speaking Populations

• Published in: Journal of transcultural nursing Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 368
• Main Authors: Hay, Jennifer L, Brennessel, Debra, Kemeny, M Margaret, Lubetkin, Erica I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Haiti - ethnology; Hispanic Americans - psychology; Humans; Intuition; Language; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - mortality; Perception; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Assessment - standards; Surveys and Questionnaires; Translating; language and communications; oncology/hematology; perceptions of risk

There is a developing emphasis on intuition and affect in the illness risk perception process, yet there have been no available strategies to measure these constructs in non-English speakers. This study examined the comprehensibility and acceptability of translations of cancer risk beliefs in Haitia...