Effective Lay Health Worker Outreach and Media-Based Education for Promoting Cervical Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese American Women

We sought to promote cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese American women in Santa Clara County, Calif. In 2001-2004, we recruited and randomized 1005 Vietnamese American women into 2 groups: lay health worker outreach plus media-based education (combined intervention) or media-based education...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2007-09, Vol.97 (9), p.1693-1700
Hauptverfasser:	Mock, Jeremiah, McPhee, Stephen J, Nguyen, Thoa, Wong, Ching, Doan, Hiep, Lai, Ky Q, Nguyen, Kim H, Nguyen, Tung T, Bui-Tong, Ngoc
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Asian Americans Asian Americans - education Biological and medical sciences California Cardiovascular disease Cervical cancer Community Community Health Workers Community organizations Community-Institutional Relations Disease control Education Female Female genital diseases Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Health education Health Education - methods Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health services Hispanic Americans Human papillomavirus Humans Immigrants Immigration Mass Media Mass Screening - utilization Medical sciences Medical screening Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Miscellaneous Noncitizens Pap smear Papanicolaou Test Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology Prevention and actions Program Evaluation Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Research and Practice Risk factors Social networks Surveys and Questionnaires Tumors Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - ethnology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control Vaginal Smears - utilization Vietnam - ethnology Women's Health - ethnology Womens health Workers
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Zusammenfassung:	We sought to promote cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese American women in Santa Clara County, Calif. In 2001-2004, we recruited and randomized 1005 Vietnamese American women into 2 groups: lay health worker outreach plus media-based education (combined intervention) or media-based education only. Lay health workers met with the combined intervention group twice over 3 to 4 months to promote Papanicolaou (Pap) testing. We used questionnaires to measure changes in awareness, knowledge, and Pap testing. Testing increased among women in both the combined intervention (65.8% to 81.8%; P
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.2006.086470