The interpersonal level of the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM), focuses on friend, family, and norms of the surroundings. Coreil (2010) stated “At the interpersonal level, we identify home, family, and peer group influences” (p. 3.). With that said, to answer the question of what can one do as a friend or a family member to help in the prevention of colorectal cancer? Since early screening can prevent colorectal cancer, it is important to encourage that friend or family to have a colonoscopy done as soon as possible. Educate the friend about early screening, and also if there are other modifiable risk factors such as smoking, the friend would be encouraged to quit.
Imagine having a brother age 50 African American who have not been screened for colorectal cancer, but …show more content…
It would be ideal for community hospitals to send reminders to locals about colorectal screening. With the ever-changing technology, it should be easier to communicate using text messages as a reminder. As a matter of fact, this would be perfect for the veteran’s population because they have an integrated medical system where they can get all done in a one stops center.
The professional organizations, the public health departments, and other leaders need to do more than just educating the public. More focus needs to take place in understanding why people especially the African American community are not motivated to be screened. Figure out what keeping them away, would open the leader’s eyes and allow them to use incentives such as health insurance, low co-pay that would influence this population to be screened. “Possible contributing factors for African American disparities include differences in timely and high-quality treatment and supportive care” (Patel, et al., 2011, p.
Imagine having a brother age 50 African American who have not been screened for colorectal cancer, but …show more content…
It would be ideal for community hospitals to send reminders to locals about colorectal screening. With the ever-changing technology, it should be easier to communicate using text messages as a reminder. As a matter of fact, this would be perfect for the veteran’s population because they have an integrated medical system where they can get all done in a one stops center.
The professional organizations, the public health departments, and other leaders need to do more than just educating the public. More focus needs to take place in understanding why people especially the African American community are not motivated to be screened. Figure out what keeping them away, would open the leader’s eyes and allow them to use incentives such as health insurance, low co-pay that would influence this population to be screened. “Possible contributing factors for African American disparities include differences in timely and high-quality treatment and supportive care” (Patel, et al., 2011, p.