A Pilot Study of Cancer Knowledge and Screening Behaviors of Vietnamese and Cambodian Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15217261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Etienne Phipps (Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, corresponding author), Martin H Cohen Ro Etienne Phipps |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-207 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/073993399245881 |
| PMID | 10409988 |
| OpenAlex | W2148893808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Breast and cervix cancer screening behaviors, while suboptimal in all Americans, are of particular concern in minority females. Little is known about cancer knowledge and screening behavior in Southeast Asian populations in the United States. We interviewed 38 Southeast Asian women of Cambodian or Vietnamese origin living in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. A telephone interview was conducted by bilingual/bicultural interviewers. Seventy-one percent (95% confidence interval [CI], 54% to 85%) of women in the study did not know what cancer was and 74% were unable to identify a cancer prevention strategy. Greater knowledge about cancer and identification of preventive measures were associated with employment outside the home, more years of education, and age, but not with length of time in the United States. Cancer education programs need to identify the patient's level of knowledge about cancer, elicit and respectfully address beliefs about causality and prevention, and ensure that health information is provided in a language understandable to the patient
Breast cancer · Breast cancer screening · Cancer · Cancer prevention · Cancer screening · Family medicine · Health care · Health information · Health Information National Trends Survey · Mammography · Vietnamese · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2017 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |