Oncology nursing forum · 2012
Peer-based models of supportive care: the impact of peer support groups in African American breast cancer survivors.
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Ashing-Giwa Kimlin, Tapp Carolyn, Rosales Monica, McDowell Kommah, Martin Virginia, Santifer Rhonda Holbert, Clark Phyllis, Steward Joy, Lewis Leah, Mitchell Eudora
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of support groups among African American breast cancer survivors (BCSs).
RESEARCH APPROACH: A qualitative research study.
SETTING: Community health and cancer centers and churches.
PARTICIPANTS: 62 African American BCSs.
METHODOLOGIC APPROACH: Focus groups were conducted with African American BCSs to share their experiences with peer-based support groups. A brief questionnaire was administered and assessed demographics, medical history, and support group impact.
FINDINGS: Survivors emphasized that a culturally embedded focus was essential for their participation in a cancer support group. The survivors underscored that cultural-based groups are rooted in the spiritual, linguistic, experiential, and historical contexts of the intended constituents. The peer-based support groups provided multilevel functions, including emotional, social, spiritual, informational, and financial support, as well as patient navigation. The groups' activities fostered personal development and a call to community advocacy that included prevention education and research engagement.
CONCLUSIONS: The unique strengths of grassroots community-based support groups are that they are culturally consonant, peer-based, and responsive to cancer-related and personal needs. The contribution and value of those multifaceted peer-based groups expand the paradigm of supportive care, extending the net of psychosocial care to underserved and underrepresented cancer survivors.
INTERPRETATION: Research provides the critical foundation to lead and articulate the studies necessary to bridge peer- and professional-based care to ensure the psychosocial needs of increasingly diverse survivors are met.
RESEARCH APPROACH: A qualitative research study.
SETTING: Community health and cancer centers and churches.
PARTICIPANTS: 62 African American BCSs.
METHODOLOGIC APPROACH: Focus groups were conducted with African American BCSs to share their experiences with peer-based support groups. A brief questionnaire was administered and assessed demographics, medical history, and support group impact.
FINDINGS: Survivors emphasized that a culturally embedded focus was essential for their participation in a cancer support group. The survivors underscored that cultural-based groups are rooted in the spiritual, linguistic, experiential, and historical contexts of the intended constituents. The peer-based support groups provided multilevel functions, including emotional, social, spiritual, informational, and financial support, as well as patient navigation. The groups' activities fostered personal development and a call to community advocacy that included prevention education and research engagement.
CONCLUSIONS: The unique strengths of grassroots community-based support groups are that they are culturally consonant, peer-based, and responsive to cancer-related and personal needs. The contribution and value of those multifaceted peer-based groups expand the paradigm of supportive care, extending the net of psychosocial care to underserved and underrepresented cancer survivors.
INTERPRETATION: Research provides the critical foundation to lead and articulate the studies necessary to bridge peer- and professional-based care to ensure the psychosocial needs of increasingly diverse survivors are met.