Circle of Life Framework in Breast Health Education
Article Critique Analysis: Use of the Talking Circle for Comanche Women's Breast Health Education, by E. Haozous, V. Eschiti, and J. Lauderdale
The journal article, "Use of the Talking Circle for Comanche Women's Breast Health Education" by E. Haozous et. al. (2010), promotion of education on breast health was explored using a specific and unique tradition as the framework of the study. This tradition, called the Circle of Life (COL), is an "intertribal cancer prevention program focused on breast health education" and is specifically implemented among American Indian (AI) women (378). Using the COL as framework, the authors aimed to achieve "cultural congruency" in exploring, discovering, and identifying the different dimensions concerning breast health education and promotion effectiveness in the context of AI women's culture -- specifically, Comanche women (378). Harmonized understanding of the Comanche community, female and health cultures led to an understanding of factors that could significantly determine the effectiveness of initiatives related to breast health education (e.g., information dissemination through printed and audio-visual materials).
As rationale and support to the authors' decision to use the COL framework in the study, the situational analysis and review of literature centered on the criticality of understanding breast health as understood and perceived by Comanche women. Focus on this specific group was supported by an empirical study demonstrating that AI women -- specifically Comanche women -- is a high risk group in the U.S. when it comes to the health problem of breast cancer (378). Apart from being a high risk group in the health issue and problem of breast cancer, Comanche women also have a unique set of values and beliefs when it comes to health and health-seeking behavior. Given these unique characteristics of Comanche female culture, it was then necessary to undergo the study using a framework that is also known as uniquely derived from AI culture.
Thus, the central focus of the review of related literature was the development and utilization of the COL framework. The review revealed that COL was a framework that brings about "community-researcher partnership," a characteristic that is necessary for community-based participatory...
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