Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach

Vietnamese-American women underutilize breast cancer screening. An RCT was conducted comparing the effect of lay health workers (LHWs) and media education (ME) to ME alone on breast cancer screening among these women. Conducted in California from 2004 to 2007, the study included 1100 Vietnamese-Amer...

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Published in:	American journal of preventive medicine Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 306 - 313
Main Authors:	Nguyen, Tung T, Le, Gem, Nguyen, Thoa, Le, Khanh, Lai, Ky, Gildengorin, Ginny, Tsoh, Janice, Bui-Tong, Ngoc, McPhee, Stephen J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands 01-10-2009
Subjects:	Adult Aged Asian Americans - psychology Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis Breast Neoplasms - ethnology Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control Communications Media Community Health Planning - methods Community Health Planning - organization & administration Community Health Workers - organization & administration Community Health Workers - psychology Female Health Health Education - methods Health Education - organization & administration Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Promotion - organization & administration Humans Mammography Mammography - statistics & numerical data Mammography - utilization Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Mass Screening - utilization Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Outreach programmes Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology Screening United States Vietnam - ethnology Women United States Vietnam
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