Open AccessChinese Livery Drivers' Perspectives on Adapting a Community Health Worker Intervention to Facilitate Lung Cancer Screening
Author(s) -
Jennifer Leng,
Florence Lui,
Francesca Gany
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1548-6869
pISSN - 1049-2089
DOI - 10.1353/hpu.2022.0024
Subject(s) - lung cancer , intervention (counseling) , lung cancer screening , smoking cessation , focus group , medicine , immigration , chinese americans , environmental health , health education , gerontology , nursing , psychology , family medicine , public health , political science , sociology , oncology , pathology , anthropology , law
Chinese immigrant livery drivers with a smoking history are at high risk for lung cancer. A culturally adapted community health worker (CHW) program may be an effective approach to increase lung cancer screening (LCS) uptake in this underserved group. Five focus groups were conducted with 39 Chinese immigrant male livery drivers with a smoking history in New York City to assess their needs, priorities, and preferences regarding the proposed intervention. Transcripts were qualitatively analyzed using Atlas. ti. Focus group participants were uncertain about whether smoking was associated with cancer, unfamiliar with LCS, and reported numerous barriers to LCS uptake. Most believed a CHW program to facilitate LCS would be acceptable and feasible, if tailored to meet their needs. Our results have implications for improving access to early detection of lung cancer and preventive care (e.g., culturally appropriate smoking cessation and health education programs) for Chinese livery drivers.