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Vietnamese American Women's Beliefs and Perceptions About Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening: A
Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong1, Kim Quy Vo Nguyen2, Thai Hien Nguyen3
11 Washington State University College of Nursing, Vancouver, WA, USA.
Introduction:
Although breast cancer (BC) rates are declining in White non-Hispanic American women, they are increasing among Vietnamese American women (VAW) at 1.2% (95% confidence interval [0.1, 2.2]) per year. BC screening rates (64%) are below the national rates (81.1%). This article explores VAW's beliefs about BC and screening.
Method:
Using community-based participatory qualitative descriptive methods, 40 VAW were recruited from Oregon, and four focus groups were conducted. A directed content analysis was used.
Results:
Main themes were as follows: deferred to a health care provider or relying on self-detection and symptoms; fear of BC versus fear of procedural pain; limited knowledge; motivation by observing others' journey in BC death or survivorship; body image concern; "living carefree," "good fortune-having good health"; and coverage for a mammogram expense means health care access.
Discussion:
Tailored interventions should address mammogram knowledge, fear, erroneous information, body image, fate and luck, and promoting access.
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