Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans.
OBJECTIVE
To determine differences in screening for routine physical exam and cancers among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Americans.


METHODS
The sample consisted of 2011 participants. Chi square was used to identify relationships between demographic/acculturation factors and screenings.


RESULTS
Never-screened rates were high for all Asian subgroups. Never-screened rates for mammography ranged from 20.1% to 78.5% for Pap test, 28% to 75.6% for prostate cancer, 56.7% to 97% for colorectal cancer, 65.3% to 94.9%. Koreans had the highest never screened for health checkups (34.7%).


CONCLUSIONS
Efforts should be made to comply with screening guidelines among Asian Americans.
Ma
Grace X
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Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-0843, USA. grace.ma@temple.edu
Shive
Steven E
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Wang
Min Qi
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Tan
Yin
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