Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine differences in screening for routine physical exam and cancers among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Americans. METHODS: The sample consisted of 2011 participants. Chi square was used to identify relationships between demographic/acculturation factors and screenings. RESULTS: Never-screened rates were high for all Asian subgroups. Never-screened rates for mammography ranged from 20.1% to 78.5% for Pap test, 28% to 75.6% for prostate cancer, 56.7% to 97% for colorectal cancer, 65.3% to 94.9%. Koreans had the highest never screened for health checkups (34.7%). CONCLUSIONS: Efforts should be made to comply with screening guidelines among Asian Americans.

Author information

Author/s: Ma, Grace X (GX); Shive, Steven E (SE); Wang, Min Qi (MQ); Tan, Yin (Y);

Affiliation: Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-0843, USA. grace.ma(-atsign-)temple.edu

Grants: R01CA111570 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS) ; R01CA129763 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS) ; U01 CA114582 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Nov-Dec; vol 33 (issue 6) : pp 650-60

Dates: Created 2009/03/26; Completed 2009/10/21;

PMID: 19320614, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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