Michelle B Shin, Patricia J Garcia, Mary Elizabeth Dotson, María Valderrama, Marina Chiappe, Nimmi Ramanujam, Marlee Krieger, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Ruanne V Barnabas, Sarah J Iribarren, Sarah Gimbel
Evaluation of Women's Empowerment in a Community-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Social Entrepreneurship Program (Hope Project) in Peru: A Mixed-Method Study
Frontiers in public health
study drawing pathway mediation model developed street colleagues 2009 links communication health outcomes explores patientcentered communication affects cancer information avoidance data gathered online access panel surveys utilizing stratified sampling across germany switzerland netherlands austria final sample included 4910 noncancer 414 cancer patients receiving healthcare clinicians within past year results demonstrated patientcentered communication directly associated reduced cancer information avoidance especially among cancer patients additionally association indirectly mediated patient trust healthcare literacy findings provide empirical evidence reveals underlying mechanism linking clinicianpatient communication patient health information behavior potential clinicianpatient communication addressing health information avoidance highlighted findings future interventions healthcare settings consider adopting patientcentered communication strategies additionally improving patient trust literacy levels could effective reducing cancer information avoidance