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Empowering Low-Income Asian American Women to Conduct Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Test: A Community-Engaged and Culturally Tailored Intervention
- Source :
- Cancer Control, Vol 29 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publishing, 2022.
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Abstract
- Background Asian American women face disproportionate burden of cervical cancer (CC) than non-Hispanic white women in the U.S. The goal of this study was to assess the feasibility and impact of a culturally tailored intervention to promote Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling test among hard-to-reach Asian American women. Methods We adopted the community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to conduct this efficacy study. A total of 156 female participants (56 Chinese, 50 Korean, and 50 Vietnamese) were recruited from community-based organizations (CBOs) in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. The intervention components included HPV-related education, HPV self-sampling test kit and instructions, group discussions, and patient navigations, all available in Asian languages. We examined several outcomes, including the completion of HPV self-sampling, HPV-related knowledge, perceived social support, self-efficacy, and comfort with the self-sampling test at post-intervention assessment. Results The majority of Asian American women had low annual household income (62.3% earned less than $20,000) and low educational attainment (61.3% without a college degree). We found significant increase in participants’ knowledge on HPV (baseline: 2.83, post: 4.89, P
- Subjects :
- Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10732748
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Cancer Control
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7b37173ed74943c699c02aede9dc1cb9
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748221076813