Vietnamese American Women’s Beliefs and Perceptions About Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening: A Community-Based Participatory Study

Abstract

Tailored interventions should address mammogram knowledge, fear, erroneous information, body image, fate and luck, and promoting access.

Body (dis)satisfaction and health screening behaviors: A systematic review of observational studies

“…Most studies were conducted in the United States ( n = 15; Adams et al, 1993 ; Chait et al, 2009 ; Clark et al, 2003 ; DeMaria et al, 2011 ; Ellingson, 2003 ; Gillen and Markey, 2014 ; Jensen and Moriarty, 2008 ; Katz et al, 2009 ; Lende and Lachiondo, 2009 ; Ludman et al, 2010 ; Nguyen-Truong et al, 2018 ; Ramseyer Winter et al, 2020 ; Risica et al, 2008 ; Thomas, 2004 ; Thomas and Usher, 2009 ), followed by the United Kingdom ( n = 3; Fish and Wilkinson, 2003 ; Hibbert et al, 2020 ; Swami and Furnham, 2018 ). Only six studies did not examine women exclusively ( Gillen and Markey, 2014 ; Hibbert et al, 2020 ; Jensen and Moriarty, 2008 ; Kwan and Lee, 2018 ; Ramseyer Winter et al, 2020 ; Risica et al, 2008 ).…”

“…Five qualitative ( Clark et al, 2003 ; Lende and Lachiondo, 2009 ; Thomas, 2004 ; Wakewich et al, 2016 ; Wang et al, 2018 ) were rated to be of high quality, and only two ( Ellingson, 2003 ; Russell and Carryer, 2013 ) were rated to be of poor quality. The remaining studies were of medium quality ( Fish and Wilkinson, 2003 ; McBride et al, 2019 ; Nguyen-Truong et al, 2018 ; Oscarsson et al, 2008 ; Thomas and Usher, 2009 ; see Table S4b ).…”

“…Breast cancer screening was the most assessed behavior ( n = 16). Five studies captured breast self-examinations only ( Chait et al, 2009 ; Ellingson, 2003 ; Fish and Wilkinson, 2003 ; Samah and Ahmadian, 2014 ; Swami and Furnham, 2018 ), five captured clinical examinations only ( Clark et al, 2003 ; Katz et al, 2009 ; Ludman et al, 2010 ; McBride et al, 2019 ; Thomas and Usher, 2009 ), while six captured both ( Andrew et al, 2016 ; Lende and Lachiondo, 2009 ; Nguyen-Truong et al, 2018 ; Thomas, 2004 ; Wang et al, 2018 , 2020 ).…”