Table 1:
Characteristics of Participants Attending our Community Cancer Genomics and Precision Medicine Educational Workshops.
| Total n = 438 |
Spanish n = 352 |
English n = 176 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | ||||
| Survey Language | -- | |||
| Spanish | 289 (66.0) | -- | -- | |
| English | 149 (34.0) | -- | -- | |
| Sex | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 170 (38.8) | 72 (24.9) | 98 (65.8) | |
| Female | 268 (61.2) | 217 (75.1) | 51 (34.2) | |
| Age | ||||
| Mean [SD] (years) | 42.7 [13.9] | 43.5 [13.5] | 41.1 [14.7] | 0.09 |
| Range (years) | 18-82 | 18-82 | 18-77 | |
| 18-39 | 185 (42.2) | 113 (39.8) | 72 (49.7) | 0.15 |
| 40-59 | 185 (42.2) | 128 (45.1) | 57 (39.3) | |
| 60-79 | 57 (13.0) | 41 (14.4) | 146 (11.0) | |
| 80+ | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Missing | 9 (2.1) | -- | --- | |
| Ethnicity | <0.001 | |||
| Non-Hispanic | 58 (13.2) | 2 (0.7) | 56 (38.4) | |
| Hispanic | 377 (86.1) | 287 (99.3) | 90 (61.6) | |
| Missing | 3 (0.7) | -- | -- | |
| Race | <0.001 | |||
| African American/Afro Caribbean, Black | 83 (18.9) | 39 (14.9) | 44 (34.4) | |
| Alaskan Native/American Indian | 13 (3.0) | 3 (1.1) | 10 (7.8) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 5 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (3.1) | |
| White | 38 (8.7) | 21 (8.0) | 17 (13.3) | |
| Mixed race | 171 (39.0) | 145 (54.9) | 26 (20.3) | |
| Don’t know | 32 (7.3) | 23 (8.7) | 9 (7.0) | |
| Other | 50 (11.4) | 32 (12.1) | 18 (14.1) | |
| Missing | 46 (10.5) | -- | -- | |
| Nativity | ||||
| U.S. born | 99 (22.6) | 3 (1.0) | 96 (64.4) | <0.001 |
| Foreign born | 339 (77.4) | 286 (99.0) | 53 (35.6) | |
| Missing | 14 (3.2) | -- | -- | |
| Number of years in the U.S. | ||||
| Mean | 10.1 [12.5] | 8.3 [10.8] | 19.4 [16.1] | <0.001 |
| Range | 0-67 | 0-54 | 0-67 | |
| 0-3 | 129 (41.9) | 121 (47.1) | 8 (15.7) | |
| 4-10 | 78 (25.3) | 69 (26.8) | 9 (17.6) | |
| 11+ | 101 (32.8) | 67 (26.1) | 34 (66.7) | |
| Missing | -- | -- | ||
| Education | 0.014 | |||
| 0-8 | 53 (12.1) | 42 (14.6) | 11 (7.4) | |
| 9-12 | 178 (40.6) | 105 (36.6) | 73 (49.0) | |
| >12 | 205 (46.8) | 140 (48.8) | 65 (43.6) | |
| Missing | 2 (0.5) | -- | -- | |
| Health insurance status | 0.04 | |||
| Uninsured | 77 (17.6) | 58 (20.7) | 19 (12.8) | |
| Insured | 351 (80.1) | 222 (79.3) | 129 (87.2) | |
| Missing | 10 (2.3) | -- | -- | |
| Geneticist | 0.02 | |||
| Yes | 44 (10.0) | 22 (7.7) | 22 (14.8) | |
| No | 334 (76.3) | 230 (81.0) | 104 (69.8) | |
| Don’t know | 55 (12.6) | 32 (11.3) | 23 (15.4) | |
| Missing | 5 (1.1) | -- | -- | |
| Source of health information | ||||
| Books | 140 (32.0) | 100 (34.6) | 40 (26.8) | 0.10 |
| Pamphlets | 104 (23.7) | 71 (24.6) | 33 (22.1) | 0.57 |
| Friends and family | 115 (26.3) | 82 (28.4) | 33 (22.1) | 0.16 |
| Doctor/healthcare professional | 244 (55.7) | 140 (48.4) | 104 (69.8) | <0.001 |
| Magazine/newspaper | 85 (19.4) | 54 (18.7) | 31 (20.8) | 0.60 |
| TV/radio | 137 (31.3) | 107 (37.0) | 30 (20.1) | <0.001 |
| Community center | 72 (16.4) | 54 (18.7) | 18 (12.1) | 0.08 |
| Internet | 231 (52.7) | 162 (56.1) | 69 (46.3) | 0.053 |
| Health literacy | ||||
| Understand verbal health information | 0.07 | |||
| All the time | 260 (59.4) | 169 (59.3) | 91 (62.3) | |
| Sometimes | 146 (33.3) | 94 (33.0) | 52 (35.6) | |
| Almost never | 12 (2.7) | 11 (3.9) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Never | 13 (3.0) | 11 (3.9) | 2 (1.4) | |
| Missing | 7 (1.6) | -- | -- | |
| Need help with written health instructions | <0.001 | |||
| Never | 122 (27.9) | 45 (15.7) | 77 (52.0) | |
| Almost never | 87 (19.9) | 58 (20.2) | 29 (19.6) | |
| Sometimes | 177 (40.4) | 142 (49.5) | 35 (23.6) | |
| Always | 49 (11.2) | 42 (14.6) | 7 (4.7) | |
| Missing | 3 (0.7) | -- | ||
| Comprehension Test Score | ||||
| Pre-test | <0.001 | |||
| <75% correct | 334 (76.4) | 238 (82.6) | 96 (64.4) | |
| ≥75% correct | 103 (23.6) | 50 (17.4) | 53 (35.6) | |
| Post-test | ||||
| <75% correct | 263 (60.3) | 181 (63.1) | 82 (55.0) | 0.10 |
| ≥75% correct | 173 (39.7) | 106 (36.9) | 67 (45.0) |