Cancer screening among Vietnamese in Hawaii.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the extent of utilization of cancer screening services by Vietnamese in Hawaii, who had sought medical care from 1996 through 2000.


METHODS
A chart review of 952 adult Vietnamese patients was performed.


RESULTS
Of all eligible women, 52% and 26% had Papanicolaou test and mammogram, respectively. Among men age 45 and over, 8.4% had prostate-specific antigen test and 3.4% had digital rectal exam. Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy were not utilized by patients.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first study to examine the use of cancer screening tests by Vietnamese immigrants in Hawaii. Our findings of lower utilization rates in cancer screening by both male and female strongly support efforts to educate and promote preventive health for this population.
Nguyen
Ly T
LT
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, P.O. Box 6510, Aurora, Colorado 80045-0510, USA. nguyenl2002@yahoo.com
Withy
Kelley
K
Nguyen
Michelle M
MM
Yamada
Seiji
S
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen