Perceptions, Beliefs, and Experiences of Asians and Micronesian Islanders on Family Health History Genetic Cancer Screening Community Outreach.

Cancer carries stigma, taboos, and shame including, for diverse communities, who can have difficulty understanding and communicating about family health history genetic cancer screening (GCS). The Oregon Health Authority ScreenWise Program reached out to our academic-community research team to explore Asians and Micronesian Islanders (MI) perceptions on public health education outreach on GCS due to having previously only worked with the Latinx community. The purpose of the qualitative description pilot study was to elicit perceptions, beliefs, experiences, and recommendations from Asian and MI community leaders and community members regarding family health history GCS outreach in communities.

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

Introduction: Although breast cancer (BC) rates are declining in White non-Hispanic American women, they are increasing among Vietnamese American women (VAW) at 1.2% (95% confidence interval [0.1, 2.