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Grace X Ma1, Steven E Shive, Min Qi Wang
1Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-0843, USA. grace.ma@temple.edu
Objectives:
To determine differences in screening for routine physical exam and cancers among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Americans.
Methods:
The sample consisted of 2011 participants. Chi square was used to identify relationships between demographic/acculturation factors and screenings.
Results:
Never-screened rates were high for all Asian subgroups. Never-screened rates for mammography ranged from 20.1% to 78.5% for Pap test, 28% to 75.6% for prostate cancer, 56.7% to 97% for colorectal cancer, 65.3% to 94.9%. Koreans had the highest never screened for health checkups (34.7%).
Conclusions:
Efforts should be made to comply with screening guidelines among Asian Americans.
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