Tailored lay health worker intervention improves breast cancer screening outcomes in non-adherent Korean-American women

HR Han, H Lee, MT Kim, KB Kim - Health education research, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Despite rapidly increasing incidence rates of breast cancer, recent immigrants such as
Korean-American (KA) women report disproportionately lower utilization of screening tests …

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

TT Nguyen, G Le, T Nguyen, K Le, K Lai… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Vietnamese-American women underutilize breast cancer screening.
DESIGN: An RCT was conducted comparing the effect of lay health workers (LHWs) and …

Factors of breast cancer screening among Korean immigrants in the United States

EE Lee, LF Fogg, GR Sadler - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2006 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to assess breast cancer screening rates and explore factors
related to all three measures of breast cancer screening, mammography, clinical breast …

Impact of breast cancer screening intervention on Korean-American women in Maryland

HS Juon, S Choi, A Klassen, D Roter - Cancer detection and prevention, 2006 - Elsevier
Background: Adherence to mammography guidelines among Korean-American women
(KAW) is lower than that of Caucasian-Americans, and disparities in breast cancer screening …

Effect of a cancer screening intervention conducted by lay health workers among inner-city women

DS Blumenthal, E Alema-Mensah - American journal of preventive …, 1997 - Elsevier
Introduction We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine if an in-home
educational intervention conducted by lay health workers (LHWs) could increase adherence …

Korean American women and mammogram uptake

EE Lee, K Nandy, L Szalacha, HJ Park, KM Oh… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2016 - Springer
A high percentage of Korean American (KA) women have never had a mammogram, which
puts them at greater risk for late-stage breast cancer. The aim of this study was to compare …

Do cultural factors predict mammography behaviour among Korean immigrants in the USA?

H Lee, J Kim, HR Han - Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Title. Do cultural factors predict mammography behaviour among Korean immigrants in the
USA? Aim. This paper is a report of a study of the correlates of mammogram use among …

The sociocultural context of breast cancer screening among Korean immigrant women

EE Suh - Cancer Nursing, 2008 - journals.lww.com
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R2O4Kjt58 on 11/21/2023 3 breast cancer screening modalities (ie, breast self-examination …

Uncovering factors contributing to under-utilization of breast cancer screening by Chinese and Korean women living in the United States

M Yu, OS Hong, AD Seetoo - Ethnicity & disease, 2003 - JSTOR
Objective: This study investigated factors influencing breast cancer screening utilization by
Chinese and Korean women, living in the United States, and examined similarities and …

Economic evaluation of a community health worker-led health literacy intervention to promote cancer screening among Korean American women

ALR Schuster, KD Frick, BY Huh, KB Kim… - Journal of health care …, 2015 - muse.jhu.edu
Objective. The study's objectives were to calculate the costs and evaluate the cost-
effectiveness of implementing a health literacy-focused intervention to promote breast and …