"We've Got to Bring Information to Where People Are Comfortable": Community-Based Advance Care Planning with the Black Community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People identifying as Black/African American are less likely to engage in advance care planning (ACP) compared to their White peers, despite the association of ACP with improved patient and caregiver outcomes.

Objectives

Assess facilitators/barriers to ACP in the San Francisco (SF) Black community and co-design/implement/test community-based ACP pilot events.

Design

Community-based participatory research, including qualitative research, intervention development, and implementation.

Participants

In partnership with the SF Palliative Care Workgroup (which includes health system, city, and community-based organizations), we formed an African American Advisory Committee (n = 13). We conducted 6 focus groups with Black older adults (age ≥ 55), caregivers,

SUBMITTER: Nouri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9998020 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature