title: Breast cancer knowledge assessment in female Chinese immigrants in New York.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between acculturation level and perceptions of health access, Chinese health beliefs, Chinese health practices, and knowledge of breast cancer risk. This descriptive, correlational cross-sectional study used a survey approach. The sample included 135 Chinese women from the New York City metropolitan area. Data were analyzed using correlational techniques and polytomous regression. There were no significant relationships between acculturation and health access, Chinese health beliefs, Chinese health practices, and breast cancer risk knowledge. Only "years of education," "marital status," and "household income" significantly predicted breast cancer risk knowledge level. The data indicate that women with a better knowledge of breast cancer risk are twice as likely to have higher income and have more education. The most knowledgeable women are less likely to be married and less likely to have partners compared to least knowledgeable group. Providers need to promote health knowledge and provide information about as well as access to preventive health practices to the immigrant population, given that acculturation to the new dominant society is inevitable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems, University of California San Francisco-School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. wche5454@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Wei-Ti
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016015:Logistic Models; D017533:Marital Status / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009519:New York City; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology