Open AccessEffectiveness of Lay Health Worker Outreach in Reducing Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Vietnamese Americans
Author(s) -
Bang H. Nguyen,
Susan L. Stewart,
Tung T. Nguyen,
Ngoc Bui-Tong,
Stephen J. McPhee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302713
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , vietnamese , sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy , odds ratio , outreach , confidence interval , fecal occult blood , intervention (counseling) , physical therapy , colorectal cancer , gerontology , family medicine , cancer , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law
We conducted a cluster randomized controlled study of a lay health worker (LHW) intervention to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among Vietnamese Americans, who typically have lower rates than do non-Hispanic Whites.