Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women

Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups have low rates of breast and cervical cancer screening. This study examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KABs) regarding breast and cervical cancer on AAPI women. A cross-sectional survey of 1,808 AAPI women was included. Descriptive statistics and...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dang, Jeff, Lee, Jessica, Tran, Jacqueline H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20238200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13187-010-0082-1
_version_ 1782192709373526016
author Dang, Jeff
Lee, Jessica
Tran, Jacqueline H.
author_facet Dang, Jeff
Lee, Jessica
Tran, Jacqueline H.
author_sort Dang, Jeff
collection PubMed
description Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups have low rates of breast and cervical cancer screening. This study examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KABs) regarding breast and cervical cancer on AAPI women. A cross-sectional survey of 1,808 AAPI women was included. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were provided and 55.3%, 68.6%, and 71.9% had received mammograms, clinical breast exam, and Pap smears, respectively. KABs on breast and cervical cancer varied between the four ethnic groups. Understanding the KABs toward cancer screening among AAPI women holds promise for identifying barriers to early detection and could aid in the creation of interventions.
format Text
id pubmed-2992127
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2010
publisher Springer-Verlag
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-29921272011-01-04 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women Dang, Jeff Lee, Jessica Tran, Jacqueline H. J Cancer Educ Article Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups have low rates of breast and cervical cancer screening. This study examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KABs) regarding breast and cervical cancer on AAPI women. A cross-sectional survey of 1,808 AAPI women was included. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were provided and 55.3%, 68.6%, and 71.9% had received mammograms, clinical breast exam, and Pap smears, respectively. KABs on breast and cervical cancer varied between the four ethnic groups. Understanding the KABs toward cancer screening among AAPI women holds promise for identifying barriers to early detection and could aid in the creation of interventions. Springer-Verlag 2010-03-18 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2992127/ /pubmed/20238200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13187-010-0082-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
spellingShingle Article
Dang, Jeff
Lee, Jessica
Tran, Jacqueline H.
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women
title Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women
title_full Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women
title_short Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan Women
title_sort knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding breast and cervical cancer screening among cambodian, laotian, thai, and tongan women
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20238200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13187-010-0082-1
work_keys_str_mv AT dangjeff knowledgeattitudesandbeliefsregardingbreastandcervicalcancerscreeningamongcambodianlaotianthaiandtonganwomen
AT leejessica knowledgeattitudesandbeliefsregardingbreastandcervicalcancerscreeningamongcambodianlaotianthaiandtonganwomen
AT tranjacquelineh knowledgeattitudesandbeliefsregardingbreastandcervicalcancerscreeningamongcambodianlaotianthaiandtonganwomen

Ejemplares similares