Susan N Lukwago

Biographic Data

ID1562920
NAMESusan N Lukwago
GIVEN NAMESSusan N
FAMILY NAMELukwago
SIGNATURELUKWAGO S N
AFFILIATIONSSaint Louis University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS22
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Building equity from the ground up

    Open AccessKara Knapp, Clarissa Carrillo Martinez et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Academic-community partnerships are vital to addressing health disparities, particularly in rural and diverse communities. This case study highlights a partnership between the Liberal Area Coalition for Families (LACF) and the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) formed through the Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) initiative. Located in Seward County, Kansas-a region marked by cultural diversity, linguistic comple…

  • Religious Involvement Measurement Model in a National Sample of African Americans

    Open AccessDavid L Roth, Isaac M T Mwase et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2011

  • Achieving Cultural Appropriateness in Health Promotion Programs

    Open AccessMatthew W Kreuter, Susan N Lukwago et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2003

    It is a truism of health education that programs and interventions will be more effective when they are culturally appropriate for the populations they serve. In practice, however, the strategies used to achieve cultural appropriateness vary widely. This article briefly describes five strategies commonly used to target programs to culturally defined groups. It then explains how a sixth approach, cultural tailoring, might extend these strategies a…

  • Sociocultural Correlates of Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening in Urban African American Women

    Susan N Lukwago, Matthew W Kreuter et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2003Cited by: 7References: 19

    African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group,1 even though national surveys report that mammography rates are higher for African Americans than for other groups.2 At least part of this discrepancy has been attributed to delayed diagnosis.3,4 Identifying sociocultural factors that influence timely screening and incorporating them into health messages for African American women may he…

  • Spirituality, Breast Cancer Beliefs and Mammography Utilization among Urban African American Women

    Cheryl L Holt, Susan N Lukwago et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2003Cited by: 15References: 36

    Spirituality has been shown to be associated with health, and is an important component in the lives of many African Americans. Recent research proposes that spirituality is a multidimensional construct. The present study proposes a two-dimensional model in which spirituality encompasses a belief and behavioral dimension. This hypothesis was examined, as were relationships between these dimensions and spiritual health locus of control, breast can…

  • Development and Validation of Brief Scales To Measure Collectivism, Religiosity, Racial Pride, and Time Orientation in Urban African American Women

    Susan N Lukwago, Matthew W Kreuter et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2001

    This article describes the development and pilot-testing of brief scales to measure four cultural constructs prevalent in urban African American women. Internal consistency and temporal stability were assessed in two convenience samples (n=47 and n=25) of primarily lower-income African American women. All scales performed well: collectivism alpha=.93, r=.85, p<.001); religiosity (alpha=.88, r=.89, p<.001); racial pride (alpha=.84, r=.52, p<.001);…