Effectiveness of Lay Health Worker Outreach in Reducing Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Vietnamese Americans | Zendy

Bang H. Nguyen | Zendy; Susan L. Stewart | Zendy; Tung T. Nguyen | Zendy; Ngoc Bui-Tong | Zendy; Stephen J. McPhee | Zendy

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Effectiveness 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.

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