Corpus ID: 10648775

Closing the disparity gap: cancer screening interventions among Asians--a systematic literature review.

@article{Hou2011ClosingTD,
  title={Closing the disparity gap: cancer screening interventions among Asians--a systematic literature review.},
  author={S. Hou and Diadrey-Anne Sealy and C. Kabiru},
  journal={Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP},
  year={2011},
  volume={12 11},
  pages={
          3133-9
        }
}

S. Hou, Diadrey-Anne Sealy, C. Kabiru

Published 2011

Medicine

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP

BACKGROUND Cancer is a leading cause of deaths among Asian Americans. However, the rates of screening among Asian Americans are low. The use of effective culturally-appropriate interventions needs to be explored. METHODS Electronic databases were searched for articles published between January 1995 and December 2010 for a comprehensive literature review. Interventions to increase breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening among Asians populations in the US and overseas were included… CONTINUE READING

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