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Colorectal Cancer Screening in Chinese Americans Project

An Effective Practice

Description

The Colorectal Cancer Screening in Chinese Americans Project is a clinic-based educational program that promotes fecal occult blood test screening for colorectal cancer among Chinese Americans. Colorectal cancer ranks among the top three most common cancers in both men and women from several Asian ethnic groups, but foreign-born Asian Americans have low screening participation rates. Chinese Americans over age 50 are recruited from the International Community Health Services clinic. The program provides education through a bicultural Chinese American health educator who speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. The program includes a motivational video on colorectal screening, produced in Cantonese and dubbed in Mandarin in addition to bilingual motivational and informational pamphlets. Participants in the program receive a fecal occult blood test kit with instructions in Chinese and English.

Goal / Mission

The goal of this project was to promote colorectal cancer screening among Chinese Americans.

Results / Accomplishments

The project was evaluated using a randomized controlled trial that compared the educational group with a usual care group. Among the intervention patients, 69.5% had received screening at the 6-month follow-up, compared to 27.6% of control patients, with an intervention effect size of 42 percentage points (odds ration = 5.98; 95% CI = 3.25, 10.75).

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
University of Washington Department of Medicine, International Community Health Services
Primary Contact
Shin-Pint Tu, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
University of Washington
Box 359780
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 744-1835
shinping@u.washington.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/medweb/
Topics
Health / Cancer
Health / Prevention & Safety
Organization(s)
University of Washington Department of Medicine, International Community Health Services
Source
National Cancer Institute Research-Tested Intervention Programs
Date of publication
2006
Date of implementation
Jul 2003
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Seattle, WA
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Target Audience
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Michigan Health Improvement Alliance