title: Promoting breast cancer screening among Chamorro women in Southern California.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Asian American and Pacific Islander women represent a significant at-risk population for breast cancer, with their mortality rates rising while rates fall for all other racial groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  This 3-year study employed a quasi-experimental design to test the influence of an intervention on screening rates among women age 50 years and older in Southern California compared to Northern California.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite significant exposure of women to the educational elements in Southern California, the intervention did not increase women's knowledge, attitudes, or screening behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We discuss several study design and implementation limitations that could have influenced the study's results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834-6870, USA. stanjasiri@fullerton.edu
authors.forename: Sora Park
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tanjasiri
authors.forename: Lola
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sablan-Santos
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Lourdes Flores
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Quitugua
authors.forename: Darrah Goo
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kuratani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002140:California; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; D010865:Pilot Projects; D040241:Social Marketing