Increasing Breast Cancer Screening in Chinese Immigrants

Not Applicable

Completed

Brief Summary: The long-term goal of this research is to increase breast cancer screening rates in NYC Chinese immigrants. The researchers plan to accomplish this objective by developing and testing a culturally- and linguistically-adapted Witness Project program for Chinese immigrants. To inform the intervention development, the study team will identify barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening in Chinese immigrants through individual qualitative interviews.

A total of 156 participants will be recruited during the entire study.

In Aim 1 which started in July 2021, 60 women were recruited for in-depth interviews to assess their breast cancer knowledge, perceived barriers and benefits/risks to completing mammography, perceived susceptibility to breast cancer, fatalism, screening intention, acculturation, language preference, and health literacy.

In Aim 2, 96 women will be recruited to participate in the pilot testing of the intervention. Recruitment will take place at community sites that serve Chinese immigrants in New York City. Enrollment for Aim 2 is anticipated to start in March of 2022.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Chinese Immigrants	Narrative breast health education	NYC Chinese immigrants provided with narrative breast health education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants That Scored Above 80% in the Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire	immediately post presentation (presentation approximately 1 hour)	Post-program survey to access acceptability of adapted narrative education program. Full-scale from 0% to 100%, with a higher percent indicating greater acceptability. An arbitrary cutoff value of 80% acceptance will determine the interventions' acceptability for the study.
Number of Participants Who Were Engaged in Program	Baseline	Percent of participants who showed up to the Chinese-community-based organizations and would like to participate in the program to assess engagement rate of participants
Percentage of Community Organizations Willing to Host Program	7 months	Percentage of Chinese Community-based organizations who were willing to host the program to assess feasibility. Engagement rate of Chinese-community-based organizations was used to access feasibility

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Breast Cancer Knowledge	baseline and 6 months post intervention	Pre- and post-program survey to access change in breast cancer knowledge. Each correct answer counted as 1 point, each incorrect one as 0, and skipped questions as 0. Full scale from 0-6, with a higher score indicates more knowledge.