TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary Evaluation of a Citizen Scientist Educational Curriculum Aimed at Engaging Black Men in Lung Cancer Early Detection Screening
AU - Matthews, Alicia K.
AU - Murray, Marcus
AU - Ben Levi, Josef
AU - Odell, David
AU - Jeremiah, Rohan
AU - Moore, Le Andre
AU - Oyaluade, Damilola
AU - Chappel, Alexis
AU - Burke, Larisa
AU - Watson, Karriem
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, or publication of this article: Research reported in this publication was supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute (U54 CA202997-Sub-7304). The content is solely the authors’ responsibility and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the cores of the Chicago Chec U54 in providing administrative and logistical support in conducting this research study. They would also like to acknowledge receiving support from the University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences in using the REDCap data capture system (UL1TR002003). The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, or publication of this article: Research reported in this publication was supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute (U54 CA202997-Sub-7304). The content is solely the authors’ responsibility and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - This article describes an educational program to engage African American men as citizen scientists (CSs) and future research partners in a lung cancer screening project. We provide an overview of the curriculum used, the structure and format of the educational sessions, and associated educational outcomes. Furthermore, we describe lessons learned in the engagement of African American men as CS in community-based lung-health equity research. The CS educational program included five group-based sessions delivered through zoom. The educational curriculum was adapted from the University of Florida Citizen Scientist program and tailored to address lung health and the contextual experiences of African American men. Each session lasted 90 minutes. Pre- and post-test measures were collected to examine changes in knowledge, comfort, health literacy, research interests, and medical mistrust. Eight African American men completed the CS educational program. Attendance rates were high for each session (100%). Seven participants completed additional human subject research certification. Improvements were observed from pre- to post-test in participants’ level of knowledge, comfort, and health literacy but not medical mistrust. CS reported the most interest in participating in research aimed to identify important community strengths and problems. Study findings suggest that it was feasible to deliver an online citizen scientist educational program designed to prepare participants to serve as partners in a lung cancer screening intervention for African American men. Results suggest the educational program has the potential to improve key outcomes including completion of regulatory training and increased research-related knowledge, comfort, and health literacy.
AB - This article describes an educational program to engage African American men as citizen scientists (CSs) and future research partners in a lung cancer screening project. We provide an overview of the curriculum used, the structure and format of the educational sessions, and associated educational outcomes. Furthermore, we describe lessons learned in the engagement of African American men as CS in community-based lung-health equity research. The CS educational program included five group-based sessions delivered through zoom. The educational curriculum was adapted from the University of Florida Citizen Scientist program and tailored to address lung health and the contextual experiences of African American men. Each session lasted 90 minutes. Pre- and post-test measures were collected to examine changes in knowledge, comfort, health literacy, research interests, and medical mistrust. Eight African American men completed the CS educational program. Attendance rates were high for each session (100%). Seven participants completed additional human subject research certification. Improvements were observed from pre- to post-test in participants’ level of knowledge, comfort, and health literacy but not medical mistrust. CS reported the most interest in participating in research aimed to identify important community strengths and problems. Study findings suggest that it was feasible to deliver an online citizen scientist educational program designed to prepare participants to serve as partners in a lung cancer screening intervention for African American men. Results suggest the educational program has the potential to improve key outcomes including completion of regulatory training and increased research-related knowledge, comfort, and health literacy.
KW - African American men
KW - citizen scientist
KW - educational curriculum
KW - health care issues
KW - health inequality/disparity
KW - lung cancer
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U2 - 10.1177/15579883221099417
DO - 10.1177/15579883221099417
M3 - Article
C2 - 35694882
AN - SCOPUS:85131853055
VL - 16
JO - American Journal of Men's Health
JF - American Journal of Men's Health
SN - 1557-9883
IS - 3
ER -
