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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Greg Talavera, MD, MPH, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego State Univeristy, 9245 Sky Park Court, Ste. 220, San Diego, CA 92123, (619) 594-4086, gtalaver@mail.sdsu.edu
The purpose is to compare physician knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding cancer education, screening and care among Hispanic (N=1000) and other (N=1000) physicans. This survey and a follow-up in 2 years, will identify specific cancer issues that will contribute to future directions in physician education materials and programs as well as measure changes in these issues over time.Two thousand physicians from the Physician Master File Database of the American Medical Association (AMA) and were randomly selected from six states (Texas, California, Illinois, New York/ New Jersey, and Florida), who are younger than 65 years of age, who self-identify as Latino/Hispanic or White/Caucasian, and who are categorized as general internist, family physician or gynecologist. The states of New York and New Jersey are treated as one region for the purpose of sampling. The sample was stratified to have equal numbers by ethnicity and in each of the five regions as well as equal numbers of general internists and family physicians by region (75 each) and fewer gynecologists (50 each). All practicing medical oncologists, self-identified as Latino, will be included in the sample. These are “additional” potential respondents to the sample size of 2000. The mailed survey package will include 1) a cover letter introducing the study, providing contact information, and emphasizing that survey responses are confidential and not linked to their names in any way; 2) a postcard reminder for non-respondents; 3) a $5 incentive for completion of the survey and 4) the survey. The survey is in the field and preliminary results will be presented during the meeting.
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Keywords: Physicians,
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.