Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities

This article reviews the potential of widely used psycho-social factors affecting community participation in community-based prevention programs among diverse communities. Besides, we specifically appraised the previous literature to look into the psycho-social, structural, and demographic factors w...

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Main Authors: Ahmadian, Maryam, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Marsland Press 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13822/
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description This article reviews the potential of widely used psycho-social factors affecting community participation in community-based prevention programs among diverse communities. Besides, we specifically appraised the previous literature to look into the psycho-social, structural, and demographic factors which create latent challenges to community participation in breast cancer prevention programs. We believe communities with lack of behavioral and psycho-social change components are likely to have low motivations to participate in health programs against diseases such as breast cancer. Additionally, certain demographic characteristics and potential structural factors control a distinct participation in health programs. Clarification of participation in public health programs and its psycho-social, structural, and demographic attributes are keys to explicate why and how socio-cultural, behavioural, and multifaceted interventions should be main concern in the evaluation of community participation in health promotion programs. The idea here is rather to emphasize on community participation in breast cancer prevention activities for community development undertakings.
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spelling upm-138222018-08-14T08:42:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13822/ Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities Ahmadian, Maryam Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi This article reviews the potential of widely used psycho-social factors affecting community participation in community-based prevention programs among diverse communities. Besides, we specifically appraised the previous literature to look into the psycho-social, structural, and demographic factors which create latent challenges to community participation in breast cancer prevention programs. We believe communities with lack of behavioral and psycho-social change components are likely to have low motivations to participate in health programs against diseases such as breast cancer. Additionally, certain demographic characteristics and potential structural factors control a distinct participation in health programs. Clarification of participation in public health programs and its psycho-social, structural, and demographic attributes are keys to explicate why and how socio-cultural, behavioural, and multifaceted interventions should be main concern in the evaluation of community participation in health promotion programs. The idea here is rather to emphasize on community participation in breast cancer prevention activities for community development undertakings. Marsland Press 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13822/1/Community%20participation%20in%20community-based%20prevention%20programs%3B%20a%20short%20review%20of%20the%20literature%20on%20challenges%20to%20breast%20cancer%20prevention%20programs%20or%20activities.pdf Ahmadian, Maryam and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi (2012) Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities. Life Science Journal, 9 (3). pp. 685-694. ISSN 1097-8135; ESSN: 2372-613X http://www.lifesciencesite.com/lsj/life0903/ 10.7537/marslsj090312.96
spellingShingle Ahmadian, Maryam
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
title Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
title_full Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
title_fullStr Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
title_full_unstemmed Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
title_short Community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
title_sort community participation in community-based prevention programs; a short review of the literature on challenges to breast cancer prevention programs or activities
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13822/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13822/1/Community%20participation%20in%20community-based%20prevention%20programs%3B%20a%20short%20review%20of%20the%20literature%20on%20challenges%20to%20breast%20cancer%20prevention%20programs%20or%20activities.pdf