Awareness of anticancer vaccines among Asian American women with limited english proficiency: an opportunity for improved public health communication.
J Cancer Educ
; 24(4): 280-3, 2009.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-19838885
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Asian Americans suffer from liver and cervical cancers, both vaccine preventable, yet vaccine awareness has not been described.METHODS:
Cross-sectional survey (6 languages, 380 adult women).RESULTS:
Those with limited English proficiency (LEP) were less likely to have accurate knowledge of cervical cancer vaccine (44% vs. 76%, among the 34% aware of any cancer-preventive vaccines) and were more likely to believe vaccines existed for non-vaccine-preventable cancers. Awareness of anti-liver cancer vaccine was low for both LEP and non-LEP women.CONCLUSION:
There is a great need to educate Asian Americans about vaccine-preventable cancers, especially among LEP women.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Asian
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Communication Barriers
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Cancer Vaccines
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Language
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Cancer Educ
Journal subject:
EDUCACAO
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NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States