title: HCV Screening Behaviors and Infection Status among Vietnamese Americans.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to identify socio-economic and acculturation factors associated with hepatitis C (HCV) screening and infection among US Vietnamese Americans.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were recruited from 7 Vietnamese community-based organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The analysis ultimately included 309 participants who participated in a HCV education intervention program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 82.5% (255 of 309) intervention participants completed HCV screening over the 6 months prior to the post-intervention assessment. In multivariate-adjusted analysis, participants who lived in Vietnam for 40 years versus 20 years were more likely to receive HCV screening; unemployed individuals were less likely to receive HCV screening than employed people. Among screened participants, 7.5% had HCV infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings will guide future culturally and linguistically appropriate interventions to reduce HCV infection and HCV-related liver cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Center for Asian Health, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Grace X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Health, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Guo Yolanda
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Health, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Xiang S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Health, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Shumenghui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Center for Asian Health, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. grace.ma@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Sunmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology