Bang H. Nguyen|Stephen J. McPhee|Susan L. Stewart|Hiep T. Doan
Effectiveness of a Controlled Trial to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening in Vietnamese Americans
Cancer Prevention Institute of California|Stanford University|University of California, San Francisco|Cancer Prevention Institute of California|Stanford University|University of California, San Francisco|Cancer Prevention Institute of California|Stanford University|University of California, San Francisco|Cancer Prevention Institute of California|Stanford University|University of California, San Francisco
objectives conducted controlled trial public education provider intervention increase colorectal cancer crc screening rates among vietnamese americans typically lower rates nonhispanic whites methods public education intervention included vietnameselanguage crc screening media campaign distribution health educational material hotline provider intervention consisted continuing medical education seminars newsletters dvds vietnamese alameda santa clara counties california received intervention 2004 2006 vietnamese harris county texas controls received intervention quasiexperimental study design pre postintervention surveys 533 participants used evaluate combined intervention results postinterventiontopreintervention odds ratio ever sigmoidoscopy colonoscopy 14 times greater intervention community control community knowledge attitudes mediated effect intervention crc screening behavior media exposure mediated effect intervention knowledge conclusions improving crc knowledge media contributed effectiveness intervention