Posters
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Presentation Type
Poster
Discipline Track
Community/Public Health
Abstract Type
Research/Clinical
Abstract
Background: The UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center Community Outreach and Engagement Core is identifying how South Texas Latino residents navigate cancer-related health needs. Our team explored these from a class and place perspective.
Methods: Listening sessions were conducted across South Texas. Sessions lasted 1.5 hours, were in English and Spanish, and recorded. Recordings were transcribed, and a thematic analysis was completed.
Results: Seventy-four South Texas residents participated in the sessions.
Insurance status and healthcare access were key factors impacting communities’ ability to navigate cancer-related health needs. Analyses were explored from an urban, rural, inland, and border perspective.
Urban
- For inland participants, access to services was a barrier in the context of inconvenient clinic hours, commute time, and distance to facilities.
- For border participants, access to services was a barrier in the context of lack of diagnostic/treatment services and making travel arrangements to services in inland cities.
- A shared perspective was the negative impact of healthcare expensiveness, and insurance not covering full costs of treatment/screenings.
Rural
- For inland participants, access to services was a barrier in the context of few or no urgent care and hospital facilities and unreliable ambulance services.
- For border participants, traveling to Mexico for affordable services is common.
- A shared perspective was insufficient access to primary, specialty, and cancer care.
Conclusion: This study uncovered the nuanced factors associated with the cancer burden for South Texas Latinos. Findings will be used to contextualize how Political Determinants of Health contribute to cancer-related health inequities in South Texas.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Dolores; Jones, Rebecca; Rincon-Sanchez, Sonia; and Bravo, Paula, "Engaging the South Texas Latino Community: Utilizing Community Member Feedback to Inform Research on Community Engagement" (2024). Research Symposium. 27.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/somrs/2024/posters/27
Engaging the South Texas Latino Community: Utilizing Community Member Feedback to Inform Research on Community Engagement
Background: The UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center Community Outreach and Engagement Core is identifying how South Texas Latino residents navigate cancer-related health needs. Our team explored these from a class and place perspective.
Methods: Listening sessions were conducted across South Texas. Sessions lasted 1.5 hours, were in English and Spanish, and recorded. Recordings were transcribed, and a thematic analysis was completed.
Results: Seventy-four South Texas residents participated in the sessions.
Insurance status and healthcare access were key factors impacting communities’ ability to navigate cancer-related health needs. Analyses were explored from an urban, rural, inland, and border perspective.
Urban
- For inland participants, access to services was a barrier in the context of inconvenient clinic hours, commute time, and distance to facilities.
- For border participants, access to services was a barrier in the context of lack of diagnostic/treatment services and making travel arrangements to services in inland cities.
- A shared perspective was the negative impact of healthcare expensiveness, and insurance not covering full costs of treatment/screenings.
Rural
- For inland participants, access to services was a barrier in the context of few or no urgent care and hospital facilities and unreliable ambulance services.
- For border participants, traveling to Mexico for affordable services is common.
- A shared perspective was insufficient access to primary, specialty, and cancer care.
Conclusion: This study uncovered the nuanced factors associated with the cancer burden for South Texas Latinos. Findings will be used to contextualize how Political Determinants of Health contribute to cancer-related health inequities in South Texas.
