Effectiveness of a Controlled Trial to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening in Vietnamese Americans

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ID11036347
AuthorsBang H Nguyen (At the time of the study, Bang H. Nguyen was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, and the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Stephen J. McPhee and Susan L. Stewart were with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Hiep T. Doan was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont.), Stephen J Mcphee (At the time of the study, Bang H. Nguyen was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, and the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Stephen J. McPhee and Susan L. Stewart were with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Hiep T. Doan was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont.), Suzanne L Stewart (0000-0002-1593-440X, Cancer Prevention Institute of California), Susan L Stewart (At the time of the study, Bang H. Nguyen was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, and the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Stephen J. McPhee and Susan L. Stewart were with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Hiep T. Doan was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont.), Hiep T Doan (At the time of the study, Bang H. Nguyen was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, and the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Stephen J. McPhee and Susan L. Stewart were with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Hiep T. Doan was with the Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont.)
Year2010
Volume100
Issue5
Pages870-876
Publication date2010-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2009.166231
PMID20299659
PMCIDPMC2853624
OpenAlexW2166465516
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited26

Objectives. We conducted a controlled trial of a public education and provider intervention to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among Vietnamese Americans, who typically have lower rates than non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. The public education intervention included a Vietnamese-language CRC screening media campaign, distribution of health educational material, and a hotline. The provider intervention consisted of continuing medical education seminars, newsletters, and DVDs. Vietnamese in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California, received the intervention from 2004 to 2006; Vietnamese in Harris County, Texas, were controls and received no intervention. A quasi-experimental study design with pre- and postintervention surveys of the same 533 participants was used to evaluate the combined intervention. Results. The postintervention-to-preintervention odds ratio for having ever had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy was 1.4 times greater in the intervention community than in the control community. Knowledge and attitudes mediated the effect of the intervention on CRC screening behavior. Media exposure mediated the effect of the intervention on knowledge. Conclusions. Improving CRC knowledge through the media contributed to the effectiveness of the intervention

Cancer · Colonoscopy · Colorectal cancer · Family medicine · Health education · Hotline · Intervention (counseling) · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Public health · Sigmoidoscopy · Vietnamese · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology

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