TY - JOUR
T1 - Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Cervical Cancer Screening in Vietnamese American Women
AU - Nguyen-Truong, Connie Kim Yen
AU - Hassouneh, Dena
AU - Lee-Lin, Frances
AU - Hsiao, Chiao Yun
AU - Le, Tuong Vy
AU - Tang, Joannie
AU - Vu, Margret
AU - Truong, Anthony My
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr. Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong, PhD, RN, PCCN, received grant funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research (T32 #5T32NR007061), Beta Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International and Washington State University Vancouver New Faculty Research Start-Up, which supported the research. Chiao-Yun Hsiao, BS, Tuong Vy Le, MS, BS, Joannie Tang, BS, Margret Vu, AD, and Anthony My Truong, BS, RPh, had an independent contract under the National Institute of Nursing Research grant and received an appreciation gift card under the Beta Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Introduction: Vietnamese American women (VAW) are diagnosed and die at twice the rate than White non-Hispanic American women (16.8/100,000 vs. 8.1/100,000 and 4.4/100,000 vs. 2.4/100,000, respectively). Despite efforts to increase cervical cancer (CC) screening among VAW, the participation rates are persistently low (69% to 81%). The purpose of this study was to explore health care providers’ (HCPs) perspectives on barriers and facilitators to CC screening in VAW. Method: This qualitative descriptive pilot study, used open-ended semistructured interviews with 10 HCPs. Results: The HCPs had two to 23 years treating VAW. Major barriers and facilitators identified by the HCPs were as follows: VAW’s decision making about CC screening; sexual health divide; language discordance, relying on interpreters; breaking suspicion; VAW’s exposure to health sources of CC screening; sustainable trust; and motivated health care practices. Discussion: HCPs perceived the reasons for VAW not being screened or delaying CC screening were due to their lack of knowledge, cultural barriers, language, and issues related to trust.
AB - Introduction: Vietnamese American women (VAW) are diagnosed and die at twice the rate than White non-Hispanic American women (16.8/100,000 vs. 8.1/100,000 and 4.4/100,000 vs. 2.4/100,000, respectively). Despite efforts to increase cervical cancer (CC) screening among VAW, the participation rates are persistently low (69% to 81%). The purpose of this study was to explore health care providers’ (HCPs) perspectives on barriers and facilitators to CC screening in VAW. Method: This qualitative descriptive pilot study, used open-ended semistructured interviews with 10 HCPs. Results: The HCPs had two to 23 years treating VAW. Major barriers and facilitators identified by the HCPs were as follows: VAW’s decision making about CC screening; sexual health divide; language discordance, relying on interpreters; breaking suspicion; VAW’s exposure to health sources of CC screening; sustainable trust; and motivated health care practices. Discussion: HCPs perceived the reasons for VAW not being screened or delaying CC screening were due to their lack of knowledge, cultural barriers, language, and issues related to trust.
KW - Vietnamese
KW - cervical
KW - health care providers
KW - screening
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U2 - 10.1177/1043659617745135
DO - 10.1177/1043659617745135
M3 - Article
C2 - 29308717
AN - SCOPUS:85051660101
VL - 29
SP - 441
EP - 448
JO - Journal of Transcultural Nursing
JF - Journal of Transcultural Nursing
SN - 1043-6596
IS - 5
ER -