Cancer Screening Rates Among Asian Americans: A Cross-Sectional Secondary Data Analysis Study

Overview

Journal Cancer Control

Specialty Oncology

Date 2023 Sep 20

PMID 37728218

Authors

Fang Lei

Eunice Lee

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims 1) to investigate recent cancer screening rates among Asian Americans and 2) to test the relationship between race/ethnicity and cancer screening rates.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional secondary data analysis study using data from the 2019 National Health Interview Survey. The screening rates of prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, and breast cancer among non-Hispanic (NH) Asian Americans, Hispanics, NH Whites, NH African Americans, and NH American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) were analyzed in July 2022. The variables were recoded and analyzed using descriptive analysis and chi-square test. The SPSS version 27 software was used.

Results: Descriptive analysis showed a general low screening rate of cancers among Asian Americans, which ranged from 40.5% to 67.5%. The chi-square test suggested significant associations between race/ethnicity and the screening rates of colorectal cancer ( = .002), cervical cancer ( < .01), and breast cancer ( = .021), but not the prostate cancer ( = .472).

Conclusion: Necessary intervention programs should be designed to increase the uptake rates of cancer screening among Asian Americans.

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