title: Korean American women's preventive health care practices: stratified samples in California, USA.
abstract: Using data from a larger study, we explored the characteristics of preventive health care practices (influenza vaccination, mammogram, and Pap test) among a representative sample of 1,786 Korean American women residing in California by telephone. Three preventive health care practices were related to the goals set by Healthy People 2010. Participants with no education in the United States, who were born in Korea, resided in the United States longer, and had a primary care provider were more likely than others to reach these goals. Our findings indicate that a behavioral model was suitable to explain the three preventive health care practices.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92123, USA.
authors.forename: Young-Shin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.forename: Veronica L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Irvin
authors.forename: Sunny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chhay
authors.forename: Washington D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Melbourne F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hovell
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D016504:Breast Self-Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013689:Telephone; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult