scholarly journals Correlates of Cervical Cancer Screening among Vietnamese American Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace X. Ma ◽  
Carolyn Y. Fang ◽  
Ziding Feng ◽  
Yin Tan ◽  
Wanzhen Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Healthcare Access ◽  
Pap Test ◽  
Prior History ◽  
American Women ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Vietnamese American ◽  
Vietnamese Women

Objective. Vietnamese American women are at the greatest risk for cervical cancer but have the lowest cervical cancer screening rates. This study was to determine whether demographic and acculturation, healthcare access, and knowledge and beliefs are associated with a prior history of cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese women.Methods. Vietnamese women (n=1450) from 30 Vietnamese community-based organizations located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey participated in the study and completed baseline assessments. Logistic regression analyses were performed.Results. Overall levels of knowledge about cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) are low. Factors in knowledge, attitude, and beliefs domains were significantly associated with Pap test behavior. In multivariate analyses, physician recommendation for screening and having health insurance were positively associated with prior screening.Conclusion. Understanding the factors that are associated with cervical cancer screening will inform the development of culturally appropriate intervention strategies that would potentially lead to increasing cervical cancer screening rates among Vietnamese women.

Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese-American Women

1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. McPhee ◽  
Joyce A. Bird ◽  
Thomas Davis ◽  
Ngoc-The Ha ◽  
Christopher N.H. Jenkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
American Women ◽  
Breast And Cervical Cancer ◽  
Vietnamese American

scholarly journals Vietnamese-American Women And Cervical Cancer Screening

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Ramani Rangavajhula ◽  
Kathleen Hofvendahl-Clark
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
American Women ◽  
Vietnamese American ◽  
The Difference ◽  
American Children

This article is a meta-analysis of literature that discusses receipt of immunizations by VietnameseAmerican children, and receipt of cancer screening services by Vietnamese-American women. The results of the seven articles identified for inclusion in the meta-analysis were collated to determine what factors contribute to the discrepancies between Vietnamese-American children’s relatively high rates of immunizations, and Vietnamese-American women’s significantly low rates of Pap smear receipt. The article concludes that the difference in immunization rates for Vietnamese-American children, and cervical cancer screening rates for Vietnamese-American women, may be due to federally mandated vaccination requirements for all children entering school, and cultural barriers that dissuade women from receiving pap tests. The article suggests that providing outreach, education, and even cervical cancer screenings to Vietnamese-American women at pediatric and public health clinics that they frequent with their children, would provide an opportunity to increase cervical cancer screening rates for VietnameseAmerican women.

Effect of a Media-Led Education Campaign on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Vietnamese-American Women

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher N.H. Jenkins ◽  
Stephen J. McPhee ◽  
Joyce Adair Bird ◽  
Giao Qui Pham ◽  
Bang H. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
American Women ◽  
Education Campaign ◽  
Breast And Cervical Cancer ◽  
Vietnamese American

scholarly journals Role of Protein Biomarkers in the Detection of High-Grade Disease in Cervical Cancer Screening Programs

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte A. Brown ◽  
Johnannes Bogers ◽  
Shaira Sahebali ◽  
Christophe E. Depuydt ◽  
Frans De Prins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Screening ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Pap Test ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Protein Biomarkers ◽  
Ki 67 ◽  
Screening Programs

Since the Pap test was introduced in the 1940s, there has been an approximately 70% reduction in the incidence of squamous cell cervical cancers in many developed countries by the application of organized and opportunistic screening programs. The efficacy of the Pap test, however, is hampered by high interobserver variability and high false-negative and false-positive rates. The use of biomarkers has demonstrated the ability to overcome these issues, leading to improved positive predictive value of cervical screening results. In addition, the introduction of HPV primary screening programs will necessitate the use of a follow-up test with high specificity to triage the high number of HPV-positive tests. This paper will focus on protein biomarkers currently available for use in cervical cancer screening, which appear to improve the detection of women at greatest risk for developing cervical cancer, including Ki-67,p16INK4a, BD ProEx C, and Cytoactiv HPV L1.

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