Promoting breast cancer screening among Asian American women: the Asian grocery store-based cancer education program.
Asian American women's historically low breast cancer mortality rate has remained constant as rates decreased for all other races. From 2000 to 2004, a randomized controlled trial explored the Asian grocery store-based breast cancer education program's impact on Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese women (n = 1,540). Women aged 40 and older and non-adherent for annual screening mammograms were more likely to schedule a mammogram after receiving the breast cancer education program than women randomized to the prostate cancer program (X                 (2) = 3.85, p = 0.05). With the right program ingredients, late adopters of breast cancer screening can be prompted to change.
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0850, USA. gsadler@ucsd.edu
Georgia Robins
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Sadler
Paula R
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Beerman
Kathy
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Lee
Jenny
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Helene
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Nguyen
Janet
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Cho
Wennie
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Huang
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D055815:Young Adult