TY - JOUR
T1 - Colorectal Cancer Screening among Chinese, Cambodian, and Vietnamese Immigrants in Chicago
AU - Kim, Karen
AU - Chandrasekar, Edwin
AU - Lam, Helen
N1 - Funding Information:
The CACS project was funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago Community Trust, and Research Retirement Foundation. We thank the Chinese American Service League, Cambodian Association of Illinois and Chinese Mutual Aid Association for their cooperation and feedback in developing the survey instrument, their recruitment of participants and their assistance with survey interviews. We also thank the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) Institutional Review Board for ensuring ethical review of the project. We thank all participants for their time and sharing personal information about their health and well-being.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Asian Americans are now the most rapidly growing minority group in the USA. Over 60 % of Asian Americans in the USA are immigrants. Cancer has been the leading cause of death among Asian Americans since 1980. Understanding the barriers to screening is essential to reduce the unnecessary burden of cancer. Little is known about colorectal cancer screening behavior among foreign-born Asian Americans and how socio-demographic factors may influence the behavior. Even less is known about disaggregated Asian subgroups. Using data from the Chicago Asian Community Survey, a local health assessment survey of three Asian subgroups in Chicago, Chinese, Cambodian, and Vietnamese, this study found that the colorectal cancer screening rate were much lower among foreign-born Asian Americans in Chicago (30 %) than the national rate for the general population (59 %). Furthermore, we studied disaggregated data to determine colorectal cancer screening differences between communities. Findings from this study provide a critical evidence base to inform future research and intervention designs.
AB - Asian Americans are now the most rapidly growing minority group in the USA. Over 60 % of Asian Americans in the USA are immigrants. Cancer has been the leading cause of death among Asian Americans since 1980. Understanding the barriers to screening is essential to reduce the unnecessary burden of cancer. Little is known about colorectal cancer screening behavior among foreign-born Asian Americans and how socio-demographic factors may influence the behavior. Even less is known about disaggregated Asian subgroups. Using data from the Chicago Asian Community Survey, a local health assessment survey of three Asian subgroups in Chicago, Chinese, Cambodian, and Vietnamese, this study found that the colorectal cancer screening rate were much lower among foreign-born Asian Americans in Chicago (30 %) than the national rate for the general population (59 %). Furthermore, we studied disaggregated data to determine colorectal cancer screening differences between communities. Findings from this study provide a critical evidence base to inform future research and intervention designs.
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U2 - 10.1007/s40615-015-0095-x
DO - 10.1007/s40615-015-0095-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 26863553
AN - SCOPUS:84989180937
SN - 2197-3792
VL - 2
SP - 473
EP - 480
JO - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
JF - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
IS - 4
ER -
