The FLASHE Study
Racial and Sex Disparities in Adolescent and Parent Modifiable Cancer Risk Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15330389 |
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| Authors | Lei Xu (0009-0000-3744-0753, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC;, Email: [email protected], corresponding author), Mary Odum (0000-0002-3994-934X, Texas State University), Ronald D Williams (0000-0002-5569-771X, Texas State University), Jeff M Housman (Texas State University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 912-923 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359 |
| Publisher | PNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5993/ajhb.43.5.4 |
| PMID | 31439098 |
| OpenAlex | W2969841280 |
| Language | EN |
Objectives: Understanding modifiable risk factors related to cancer among adolescents and their parents may help identify at-risk populations and intervention aims for reducing cancer risk among families. Methods: Participants were 1336 adolescent-parent dyads who participated in the 2014 Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) conducted by the National Cancer Institute. Using independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA, we assessed differences in mean behavioral scores by sex and race/ethnicity, respectively. Results: For this nationwide sample, non-Hispanic black adolescents and parents were significantly (p Conclusions: Sex and racial differences in cancer-related health behaviors among adolescents and their parents suggest current guidelines for cancer may benefit from inclusion of younger populations and families. Effective health interventions targeting adolescent-parent dyads may help reduce cancer risk among multiple populations simultaneously
Ethnic group · Health equity · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · School Health and Nursing Education · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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