title: Breast and cervical cancer control among Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian Women: participatory action research strategies for baseline data collection in California.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  No data exists on the breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan women. In this article, we describe the efforts required to conduct a baseline survey among these non-English-speaking women using the participatory action research (PAR) approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  We tailored small population sampling techniques to each of the populations in partnership with Community Health Outreach workers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1825 surveys were successfully conducted in 8 communities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PAR and the culturally based techniques used to conduct the survey proved successful in maintaining scientific rigor, developing true community-researcher partnership, and achieving over 99% participation.
authors.affiliation: Asian American Studies Department, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kagawa-Singer
authors.forename: Sora
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park Tanjasiri
authors.forename: Susan W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.forename: Tu-Uyen
authors.initials: TU
authors.lastname: Ngoc Nguyen
authors.forename: Jacqueline H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Annalyn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valdez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*