Promoting Breast Cancer Screening Among Chamorro Women in Southern California
| Autor: | Lola Sablan-Santos, Lourdes Quitugua, Darrah Goo Kuratani, Vincent Merrill, Sora Park Tanjasiri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Gerontology
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Population Breast Neoplasms Pilot Projects Health Promotion Article California Breast cancer screening Breast cancer Asian americans Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Mass Screening education Health Education Aged education.field_of_study Asian medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Mortality rate Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Racial group Middle Aged medicine.disease Oceanic Ancestry Group Asian Americans Oncology Social Marketing Public Health and Health Services Educational Status Pacific islanders Female Public Health Educational Measurement business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Tanjasiri, Sora Park; Sablan-Santos, Lola; Merrill, Vincent; Quitugua, Lourdes Flores; & Kuratani, Darrah Goo. (2008). Promoting breast cancer screening among Chamorro women in Southern California.. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 23(1), 10-17. doi: 10.1080/08858190701821386. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4t24n4fj |
| ISSN: | 0885-8195 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08858190701821386 |
| Popis: | Background. Asian American and Pacific Islander women represent a significant at-risk population for breast cancer, with their mortality rates rising while rates fall for all other racial groups. Methods. This 3-year study employed a quasi-experimental design to test the influence of an intervention on screening rates among women age 50 years and older in Southern California compared to Northern California. Results. Despite significant exposure of women to the educational elements in Southern California, the intervention did not increase women’s knowledge, attitudes, or screening behaviors. Conclusions. We discuss several study design and implementation limitations that could have influenced the study’s results. |
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