Encouraging Vietnamese-American women to obtain pap tests through lay health worker outreach and media education

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 516-524

  Lam, Tram K ^a   McPhee, Stephen J ^a,d   Mock, Jeremiah ^a   Wong, Ching ^a   Doan, Hiep T ^a   Nguyen, Thoa ^a   Lai, Ky Q ^a   Ha laconis, Tuyet ^b   Luong, Thien Nhien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Silicon Valley/Central Coast Unit   (United States)

^c Santa Clara County ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Lay health worker; Media; Screening; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLUNTEER; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0042665906     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21043.x     Document Type: Article

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